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What is the plural possessive of cactus - cactuses' or cacti's?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Either is correct: cactuses' or cacti's.
The apostrophe only is used when a plural is formed by S or ES, to indicate that an additional S sound is not added. When a plural does not end in S, the ordinary possessive (apostrophe-S) is used.
Both cactuses and cacti are acceptable plurals for cactus.
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∙ 12y ago
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoThe plural forms for cactus are cacti or cactuses, both are accepted.
Some words that come from Latin, such as cactus, stimulus, nucleus, and radius, still act as they did in Latin. That is, they form a plural by replacing the -us with -i. For some words (such as radius) the ordinary English rules of plurals are often used. Many words that end in -us (such as octopus) are not from Latin, but the -i plural is mistakenly applied.
Singular ends in -us/Plural ends in -i:
- alumnus/ alumni
- bacillus/ bacilli
- cactus/ cacti
- nucleus/ nuclei
- stimulus/ stimuli
- focus/ foci
- radius/ radii
- terminus/ termini
- villus/ villi
Of course to confuse the issue further, the English plural of "virus" is "viruses" not viri; and the word platypus forms the plurals platypus or platypuses, not platypi.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThe plural form without an 's' is cacti.
Another accepted plural for cactus is cactuses.
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoThe plural of cactus is cacti. The regular form of cactuses is also acceptable.
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Cacti is the plural of cactus.
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What is the English plural and the foreign plural of the word cactus?
The plural forms for cactus are cacti or cactuses, both are accepted.
Is Cactus singular or plural?
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Cacti and cactuses are the two the plural forms of cactus.
Is it cactuses or cacti?
cactus for a single plant cacti for plural
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What is a the plural possession of a noun?
Depends on the noun. Apple would be apples' in the plural possessive. Cherrywould be cherries'. Monkey, which would be monkeys'. Cactus would be cacti's. Chorus would be choruses'. There are many other examples out there. *To make the plural possessive add and apostrophe after the 's'. The boys lied to their mothers. Boys = plural. The boys' mother were very angry. Boys' = plural possessive.
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Is its' plural possessive?
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