About this episode

This episode explores the complexities of English plurals and the confusion surrounding synonyms.

The plural of thief is thieves, so why isn't the plural of chief chieves? And as the old woman once said, where are the beeves??? On today's show, we tackle the tricky nuance of plurals and synonyms that aren't actually synonyms.

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