Singular → Plural Child → Children Ox → Oxen 6. Nouns That Use Totally Different Words Singular → Plural Person → People Mouse → Mice Louse → Lice 7. Animals That are the Same for Singular and Plural Singular → Plural Fish → Fish or Fishes (fishes is used when referring to a g...
We also have some nouns that remain the same in singular and plural. For example: one fish – twofish* one sheep – twosheep one bison – twobison one aircraft – twoaircraft (*Note thatfishcan also be pluralized asfishes. However, it is more common for this “-es” form to be use...
Some nouns take -ren or -en in the plural and some nouns remain the same. Some nouns that end in s are singular in meaning and require singular verbs when used as the subjects of sentences. If the compound word consists of one or more than one noun and an adjective or preposition, ...
Wondering when to add “-s” or “-es” when making singular nouns plural? Follow these two simple rules, so your writing always looks polished.
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In both cases, the number of syllables stays the same as the singular (the same as -s and in contrast to -es above) and the rules are the same as third person S verbs (“He tries”, “He plays”, etc). How to make irregular plurals ...
we pronounce them. We pronounce the singular possessives, plurals, and the plural possessives the same way, but we spell them differently (compare #6 and #7):The princess’s slipper fits perfectly. The princesses are in the front float of the parade. The princesses’ dresses are hand made...
Nicknamed geographical terms defy this convention, as when the Rocky Mountains are referred to as the Rockies and the Great Smoky Mountains are called the Great Smokies. The plural forms of names ending in unpronounced-sor-xare identical to the singular form: “The era between the third and ...
English contains singular terms, quantifiers and predicates (e.g. 'it', 'something' and '. . . is an elephant'). But it also contains plural terms, quantifiers and predicates (e.g. 'they', 'some things' and '. . . are scattered on the floor').1 Philosophers have become increasingly...
First, though, here are the main rules in chart form: Which nouns?Rule appliedSingular formsPlural forms masculine nouns with the endings -eur, -ich, -ier, -ig, -ling, -ör and many single-syllable feminine nounsadd -eder/die Hund(the dog) ...