English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
NOUNS USED IN PLURAL FORM
She has two whole pages of ~acknowledgement~ (nonstandard).
She has two whole pages of *acknowledgements* (standard).
The acknowledgments in a book are the section in which the author thanks all the people who have helped him or her.
I wept while looking at his ~entrail~ (nonstandard).
I wept while looking at his *entrails* (standard).
The intestines and other inside organs of an animal or person, when they are outside the body are called entrails.
The ~bann~ were published in their local parish church (nonstandard).
The banns were published in their local parish church (standard).
A public announcement made in a church, especially in the UK, that two people are going to get married is called banns.
GAB
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