Give the plural form of the following nouns.

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Draw up a list of the advantages of electronic components over electromechanical components (e.g. the microchip versus the relay). Then present and explain the advantages.

capacity- how much something can hold e.g. the capacity of the truck is 200 cases.

materia] cost — cost of the raw material (e.g. glass) ducts /pipes — channels for carrying cables

to amplify - to increase the strength of the signal

signal loss - decrease in the strength of a signal

repeaterbooster — type of amplifier

interference — a disturbance to the signal caused by unwanted signals

crosstalk - a type of interference - sounds of another telephone call on the line

electrical isolation - outside electrical signals cannot interfere with the signal

security— the information/data cannot be changed, accessed by other users

to corrupt (data) - to change or delete data

a) Toe, city, hero, piano, calf, cliff, proof, chief, stitch, bath, belief, life, shelf, berry, valley, roof, pen, window, wall, week, clock, ship, library, watch, dress, country, glass, day, party, play, bus, leaf, life, colony, fox, half, mass, eye, language, place, key, thief, ray, bush, mouth, journey:

b) Foot, boot, ox, fox, man, woman, month, mouse, child, ship, goose, deer, cheese, sheep:

c) Crisis, phenomenon, datum, nucleus, basis, apparatus, criterion, series, analysis, formula:

d) Room-mate, fellow-worker, court-martial, man-of-war, boy-messenger, onlooker, passer-by, sister-in-law, fisherman, schoolgirl, text-book, pocket-knife, statesman, editor-in-chief.