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Double plural
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<p>A double plural is a <a href="/facts/Plural_form/3VjXP7VF">plural form</a> to which an extra <a href="/facts/Suffix/Nlnft3NK">suffix</a> has been added, mainly because the original plural suffix (or other variation) had become <a href="/facts/Productivity_(linguistics)/px1fUjDw">unproductive</a> and therefore irregular. So the form as a whole was no longer seen as a plural, an instance of <a href="/facts/Morphological_leveling/EseHhyq7">morphological leveling</a>. For example, if "geese" (the plural) became the word for "goose" (the singular) in a future version of <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a>, a word <i>geeses</i> might become the licit plural form. Likewise, "peoples" in English currently means "nations or ethnic groups" but is sometimes used informally as a plural of "person" (eg, "these peoples standing here"). </p>