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Plural Rule: us Becomes i

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A singular ending in u s forms its plural by changing the u s to i.

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Bronchus becomes bronchi; nucleus becomes nuclei; alveolus becomes alveoli.

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Virus and sinus are exceptions. Virus takes viruses; sinus takes either sinuses or the unchanged sinus.