What is the plural of the word BUS?

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Here's a simple grammar question for Testy Tuesday... What is the plural of the word BUS? Please vote in the poll.

FreyaRed · Answer

I think in English is double S not necessary unless you want speak German. One s in buses is probably enough phonetically and grammatically.

[Die Busse] is plural of [Der Bus] in German because Germans love unhearing difference between SS and ß. Single S inside a world means Z and Z means C. [Die Buße] what means 'penance' sounds exactly the same. Now ß isn't used anymore...

Do you want speak German?

midnightmoon05 · Answer

Buses.
the exception to the rule smh.
when my first grade students said they learned bus in kindergarten for 1. Add s for more than 1. I had to explain the rule.
should just keep it bus by adding the number in front.
like 6 bus or 100 bis. Pretty clear to me

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

It’s ‘buses’ because “buss” is something entirely different. There are multiple definitions, but i am intimately familiar with electrical busses, fortified electrical components. I believe it got this name because the original definition of “buss” describes fortification or fortified structures.
There’s also the synonym “kiss”, which is probably just derived from a looser definition of fortification, to bring things together.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

I voted BUSSES. Though I just Googled it and it says while S is more common and widely accepted, SS isn't wrong either. It's weird, because S goes against all the rules I know about the English language.

loveslongnails · Answer

Well Tom, there's actually two plurals for bus, depending on context. For example:
"All of the buses in the city are running late today" - meaning every bus is behind schedule.
Then there's this:
"The city has several bus storage garages" - the obvious implication meaning a place where more than one bus would be stored. We wouldn't ever to them as "buses storage garages". English is very weird.

Great question!

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Both busses and buses... different spelling for US and UK?

Bricealan · Answer

@aviatortom I voted for UBER! LOLOL🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Massageman · Answer

BUSES. Buss is either a bar that is used in electrical work when power needs to be distributed to multiple downstream lines (one supply feed with multiple out-feed lines) or, it also refers to a kiss/nuzzle.

msc545 · Answer

I think you might be slipping. This is kind of an obvious one.

RavVid · Answer

Always seen as buses for plural. The rule is to add es for words that end in s.

purplepoppy · Answer

Buses. I do hope no one actually got this wrong,

FrodoSkywalker007 · Answer

A school of busses, often confused with school busses. Obviously two different things.

Nikki1989 · Answer

Buses.

EmmaMary · Answer

The English version is quite simply Buses.

ArrowheadSW · Answer

I'd go with "Buses".

valentina4eva · Answer

a bushel of buses 🚌

Molly1990 · Answer

Buses, at least, what was taught.

xawyx-3 · Answer

As far as I know, it's buses.

SaoirseS · Answer

Buses in the U. S.

browsingthroughthe · Answer

Buses 🚌  Honk honk 😅

MrChinaski · Answer

"they bus"

ericJackson · Answer

Busses

RareBreedOfMan · Answer

Buses

Cidknee · Answer

Buses

OneViewpoint · Answer

Busen.

TheStaleMarshmellow · Answer

Beese

canamlusciouslad73 · Answer

Buses.

Anonymous · Answer

Buss?🤷‍♂️😆

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