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For questions about the difference between singular and plural forms of a word; when they should be used, or the difference between them.
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Why "clothespin" and not "clothpin"?
It is "pencil sharpener, can opener, ghost buster" but not "pencils sharpener, cans opener, ghosts buster" etc.
So it should be "clothpin" or "cloth pin" but not "clothespin" (which is also difficult …
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