This may have been discussed ad nauseum, but I'm too lazy to search. What is the plural of Clubman? Clubmans or Clubmen? The same question applies to Countryman and Paceman. What's the answer?

On a related note: if you have a roll of Certs and eat one candy, did you just eat a Cert or did you eat a Certs?

 

I'll bite............Clubmen,Countrymen,Certs

 

R55s, R60s, R61s.

 

How about a lot full of Lexus cars. Shouldn't it be Lexi?

Here's another thought: Countryman, Paceman, Clubman are sexist names (I'm being sarcastic, by the way). What about the women who drive them? Wouldn't it be more PC to call them Countryperson, Paceperson, and Clubperson?

 

You beat me to it. And what is the term for collective grouping? Is it a gathering of clubpeople? And if it was a gathering, was it organized and peaceful?

 

Since Clubman, Countryman and Paceman are all PROPER NAMES, changing the man to a men is NOT proper....it is akin to changing a proper name...
So IMO say "several" or a few, a couple, etc before the car type...
Then again, an English major I am not!!

 

In our society, most are not interested in the plural of brand names. I just call a parking lot or a group, a group or park lot full of Mini Clubman vehicles. To use Prius, Satan's car....the Priory of Prius.....not Prii.

 

This is definitely good for a chuckle on a stressful day! Here's another thought that just popped into my head: I like the COUNTRYMAN "tramp stamp" on the back of the '13s. So much so that I added it to my '12. Can you imagine trying to spell out C O U N T R Y P E R S O N on the back of one??

 

Mini - plural
Minus - singular

Cooper S - plural
Cooper -singular

 

Why do we say a "pair of pants" or "boxer shorts" when they are singular items? Don't get your knickers in a twist.

 

We drive on a parkway and park on a driveway.

 

ClubMEN
CountryMEN
PaceMEN

MEN is the plural of MAN.

You don't say "MANS".. in terms of a group of MEN...

Ok look, there is a large gathering of burly MEN over there.

not..

Ok look, there is a large gathering of burly MANS over there.

 

Since it's a trade name, you cannot add an "S". Actually you could say:
Three Countryman automobiles, or cars. The trade name becomes an adjective to the noun for car.

 

I want to agree with danjreed on this. In the case of Certs, I just hate "Your breath stinks, here, have a Certs". I would much prefer "Your breath stinks, here, have a Cert".

In my book, the same principle holds true for the Coutryman. One Countryman, two Countrymen. I'd be interested whether or not MINI has bothered to include Countrymen in their trade name registrations. Probably not.

One Cert, Two Certs, dammit.

 

Having been through numerous MINI training events.....this very topic comes up often and MINI is adamant that the plural forms of their model names are the same as singular

Plural of Countryman is Countryman!

I'll try to dig up old training crap, I forget what their reasoning was behind it, other than them just being cheeky

 

 

Several Clubmans gathered. I saw three Countrymans. You have to pluralize the proper names.

 

Disagree! Sounds way to silly.