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		robertlagrant on Nov 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to (and how not to) design REST APIs Plural or singular seems far too marginal to be good or bad. I use singular.

iterati on Nov 1, 2023 | [–]

Same. My table names are also singular.

prisonality on Nov 1, 2023 | [–]

I use singular too, but I always wonder to those sticking with plural - what's the convention for words which plural and singular are the same.

ie - like 'staff' or 'species' or 'aircraft'.

Then I can add suffix to those singular ie - 'staffList', 'speciesList' etc

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