Why is it “runners-up”, as opposed to the naïve “runner-ups”?
Is there a rule to remember for these situations?
Answer
The hyphenate runner-up contains a noun and an adverb/preposition. Only nouns can be pluralized. Since it is still hyphenated, the parts maintain their grammatical value.
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