Readers of this column won't have trouble coming up with the plural version of most nouns. For example, we almost instinctively know that the plural of "boat" is "boats." But a special category of ...

See that mouse next to your computer? Pretend there are two of them. What would you call them: “mice” or “mouses”? In the first 15 years or so of its mainstream life, the computer mouse has had an ...

Sir, – Mattie Lennon's query as to whether it's two mice or a pair of mouses he has for his PC and laptop (September 8th) brings to mind the Kerry tailor long ago who faced a similar predicament. He ...