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Mother-in-laws vs. Mothers-in-law
Mother-in-laws
/ˈmʌðər ɪn lɔz/Examples:
Many mother-in-laws form key bonds in family dynamics.Mother-in-laws can offer valuable advice from experience.I often turn to mother-in-laws for traditional recipes.
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Mothers-in-law
/ˈmʌðərz ɪn lɔː/Examples:
My mothers-in-law got along famously at the family reunion.She borrowed her mothers-in-law's recipe for the holiday cake.Both mothers-in-law offered us valuable parenting advice.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Remember, the plural form retains the singular mother and just adds an s to law.
- Think of it as law having multiple mothers, not the other way around.
- The word mothers would imply multiple mothers related to different laws, which isn't the case here.
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