Question

Identify the plural form of the following noun: potato.

a)Potatos
b)Potatows
c)Potatoes
d)Potatoez.

Answer 1

Hint: Focus must be on spelling of the plural form of potato.

Complete step by step answer:
According to the general rule of English grammar, the plural noun of ‘potato’ is ‘potatoes’. Hence option c is the correct option. Although there is no specific rule of English grammar that can be applied to determine the plural noun, there is a standard applied to few words like ‘potato’ and ‘tomato’. The rule provides that if a noun ends with ‘o’ and has a consonant just before ‘o’ its plural form generally ends with ‘es’. But this rule cannot be applied uniformly e.g in the case of ‘zero’ whose plural form ends with ‘s’. So, one has to learn and remember the plural form of ‘potato’.

Options a, b and d are incorrect as they misspell potatoes.

Note: Do not confuse the spelling of potatoes in options a and c.