RULE XIII.

Nouns ending in _o_ preceded by a consonant usually accept of _es_ in the

plural; as, echo, _echoes_; embargo, _embargoes_.

_Remark._—There are more than fifty words that conform to this

rule, and about thirty that accept of _s_ only.

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