diff --git a/src/Rules/English/Inflectible.php b/src/Rules/English/Inflectible.php
index eb5c7e0a..6750a668 100644
--- a/src/Rules/English/Inflectible.php
+++ b/src/Rules/English/Inflectible.php
@@ -37,11 +37,9 @@ public static function getSingular(): iterable
         yield new Transformation(new Pattern('(s)eries$'), '\1\2eries');
         yield new Transformation(new Pattern('([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$'), '\1y');
         yield new Transformation(new Pattern('([lr])ves$'), '\1f');
-        yield new Transformation(new Pattern('(tive)s$'), '\1');
-        yield new Transformation(new Pattern('(hive)s$'), '\1');
-        yield new Transformation(new Pattern('(drive)s$'), '\1');
-        yield new Transformation(new Pattern('(dive)s$'), '\1');
-        yield new Transformation(new Pattern('(olive)s$'), '\1');
+        yield new Transformation(new Pattern('(kni|wi)ves$'), '\1fe');
+        yield new Transformation(new Pattern('(^|[^aeiou])lives$'), '\1life');
+        yield new Transformation(new Pattern('(ive)s$'), '\1');
         yield new Transformation(new Pattern('([^fo])ves$'), '\1fe');
         yield new Transformation(new Pattern('(^analy)ses$'), '\1sis');
         yield new Transformation(new Pattern('(analy|diagno|^ba|(p)arenthe|(p)rogno|(s)ynop|(t)he)ses$'), '\1\2sis');
diff --git a/tests/Rules/English/EnglishFunctionalTest.php b/tests/Rules/English/EnglishFunctionalTest.php
index 29163f60..a18a809f 100644
--- a/tests/Rules/English/EnglishFunctionalTest.php
+++ b/tests/Rules/English/EnglishFunctionalTest.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public static function dataSampleWords(): array
             ['abuse', 'abuses'],
             ['acceptancecriterion', 'acceptancecriteria'],
             ['address', 'addresses'],
+            ['adhesive', 'adhesives'],
             ['advice', 'advice'],
             ['agency', 'agencies'],
             ['aircraft', 'aircraft'],
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ public static function dataSampleWords(): array
             ['equipment', 'equipment'],
             ['evidence', 'evidence'],
             ['experience', 'experiences'],
+            ['explosive', 'explosives'],
             ['family', 'families'],
             ['faroese', 'faroese'],
             ['fax', 'faxes'],
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ public static function dataSampleWords(): array
             ['innings', 'innings'],
             ['iris', 'irises'],
             ['jackanapes', 'jackanapes'],
+            ['jackknife', 'jackknives'],
             ['jeans', 'jeans'],
             ['jedi', 'jedi'],
             ['kin', 'kin'],
@@ -209,6 +212,7 @@ public static function dataSampleWords(): array
             ['metadata', 'metadata'],
             ['mews', 'mews'],
             ['middleware', 'middleware'],
+            ['midwife', 'midwives'],
             ['money', 'money'],
             ['moose', 'moose'],
             ['motto', 'mottoes'],
@@ -270,6 +274,7 @@ public static function dataSampleWords(): array
             ['radius', 'radii'],
             ['rain', 'rain'],
             ['reflex', 'reflexes'],
+            ['reflexive', 'reflexives'],
             ['regatta', 'regattas'],
             ['research', 'research'],
             ['rhinoceros', 'rhinoceros'],