人教新目标英语语法 ：plurals Thepluralformofmostnounsiscreatedbyaddingtheletters girl girls Nounsthatendin-ch,-sh,-x,-sor-zadd-esfortheplural foxfoxes Nounsthatendin-ch,-sh,-x,-sor-zadd-esfortheplural witchwitches Nounsendinginaconsonantplus-y,makethepluralbychanging-yto-ies:cherrycherriyes man...
If the plural doesn’t end with ans, the possessive is made by adding‘s:The children’s toys are all over the house. For singular nouns ending insandss, you still add‘sfor the possessive:I looked under all the bus’s seats; My boss’s coffee cup is always full; The princess’s ...
This paper discusses a group of Brazilian Portuguese plurals that end with the nasal diphthong [–o] in their singular form. When pluralized, these words can take three plural forms: [–es], [–os], or [–es]. Each of these words has an etymological source that defines which morpheme ...
Something that I hadn’t noticed until making the lists of useful plurals below is how many of the most useful words with “-iz” endings and an added syllable actually already end in “-e” and so only have “-s” added, as in “cases” and “colleges”. This means that the spelli...
Irregular Plurals Irregular plural nouns are nouns that do not become plural by adding -s or -es to the end of the word. Some of the most common words in English have irregular plurals. Here are a ...
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1. To make regular nouns plural, add -s to the end. cat cats place places path paths (Don't add es to th! The word clothes is an exception!) 2. Add -es if the singular noun ends in -sh, -ch, -x, -z, -s or -ss. brush brushes watch watches tax taxes blitz blitzes bus...
Here Carpenters is plural, so the apostrophe follows the S in the possessive. If you were paying a social call to the family, you would write, "I am going to see the Carpenters." That is all. If you are John Carpenter and you are making a sign for your mailbox, you would write...
这(zhè)and那(nà)mean “this” and “that” respectively, and because there’s no uncertainty in the amount, both are followed by a measure word and a noun: This/That + Any Measure Word + Noun But the plural is where it gets a little weird. To say “these” and “those,” you...
that he can hear what it’s supposed to sound like. Exaggerate the –s at the end so he can hear it. Keep doing this until your child can do this with any picture you give him. However, for now, make sure you only use regular plurals that require a –s at the end instead of ...