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　　Not all compound nouns follow the same pattern for plurals.

　　并非所有複合名詞的複數形式都遵循相同的模式。

　　The plural forms of check-in, passerby, and spoonful are check-ins, passersby, and spoonfuls.

　　“check-in”、“passerby”和“spoonful”的複數形式是“check-ins”、“passersbr”和“spoonfuls”。

　　Generally, the plural -s will go on the main or most important part of the noun, and this is usually also the last part of the compound.

　　一般來說，複數-s會出現在名詞的主要部分或最重要的部分，這通常也是複合詞的最後一部分。

　　This is true for cab drivers and chalkboards. Driver, and board are the main parts of the nouns.

　　對于出租車司機和黑闆來說都是如此。Driver和board是名詞的主要組成部分。

　　But in some cases the most important part of the word is not at the end. This is true for mother-in-law where the plural is mothers-in-law.

　　但在某些情況下，這個詞最重要的部分并不是在結尾。對于“mother-in-law”的複數形式是mothers-in-law的情況就是如此。

　　When no part of a compound noun is a noun, the -s goes on the end.

　　當一個複合名詞的所有部分都不是名詞時，-s放在最後。

　　This is the case for check-ins, grown-ups, higher-ups, go-betweens, sit-ins, walk-outs, and has-beens.

　　這種情況适用于check-ins簽到者、grown-ups成年人、高層higher-ups、go-betweens中間人、sit-ins靜坐者、walk-outs罷工者和has-beens過時的人。

　　All parts of those Compounds are verbs, prepositions, adjectives, or participles.

　　這些複合詞的所有部分都是動詞、介詞、形容詞或分詞。

　　When a compound noun is formed with a noun and a preposition, the -s goes on the noun. This is the case for passersby and hangers-on.

　　當一個複合名詞由一個名詞和一個介詞組成時，-s在名詞上。對于passersby路人和hangers-on食客來說就是這樣。

　　Compounds with -ful can either have the -s on the first part or on the end.

　　帶有-ful的複合詞既可以在第一部分，也可以在末尾。

　　Putting the -s on the first part can sound more formal but putting it on the end is perfectly fine even in formal writing.

　　把-s放在第一部分聽起來更正式，但把它放在結尾是完全可以的，即使在正式的寫作中。

　　So spoonful can be spoonsful (slightly more formal sounding) or spoonfuls (more common).

　　所以spoonful可以是spoonsful(聽起來更正式)，也可以是spoonful(更常見)。

　　The same is true for bucketful, carful, truckful, mouthful, and handful.

　　同樣的情況也适用于bucketful一桶之量的, carful一車之量的, truckful一卡車之量的，mouthful一口的的，和handful一把的。

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