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Singular Plural

• Toomas Aaskivi
• CRJG

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Singular Plural

• The plural of most nouns is formed by adding s
  to the singular.
• tent tents
• tree - trees
• shark -sharks

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Some special cases 1

• If the noun ends in consonant y , the plural is
  normally made by changing -y to -i and adding
  es.
• lady ladies
• party - parties

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Some special cases 2

• IF the noun ends in vowel y , the plural is
  made by adding s
• donkeys
• days

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Some special cases 3

• Proper names have plurals in ys
• Februarys
• The Kennedys

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Some special cases 4

• If the singular ends in sh, -ch, -s, -x, -z, -
  es is added.
• boxes
• churches
• crashes

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Some special cases 5

• Some nouns ending in o have plurals in es.
• negro negroes
• echo echoes
• tomato - tomatoes

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Some special cases 6

• Nouns ending in vowel o have plurals in s
• radio radios
• zoo - zoos

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Irregular and special plurals

• Plurals in ves
• knife knives
• wolf - wolves

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Other irregular plurals

• man men,
• child children
• goose geese
• person - people

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Plural same as singular

• means means
• series series
• crossroads - crossroads

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Foreign words with special plurals.

• cactus cacti
  
• basis bases
• kibbutz - kibbutzim

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Noun adverb combination

• In noun adverb combinations, the plural s is
  usually added to the noun.
• passer-by - passers-by
• runner-up - runners-up

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No singular

• Some plurals have no singular forms.
• glasses
• jeans
• oats