On 16Feb19:0411-0500, Aled Hughes wrote:

> Just to be the awkward one here: the use of 's for
> plural is grammatically incorrect, personally I don't
> care if it is universally accepted - it is wrong and
> should be avoided. It is on a par with the misuse
> of examples such as 'their' when meaning 'there'
> and 'here, here' when 'hear, hear' is meant. I know
> language evolves, but grammar does not.
> 
> We need Mr Gilmore here! 

He might point out the general rule for pluralizing words that
end in "s" is to append "es"; e.g, boss -> bosses.
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