Some nouns end with s but are usually singular.

They take a singular verb with an s ending in the Present Simple. diseases: measles, rabies. fields of study and occupation: economics, ethics, linguistics, politics, physics, gymnastics. games: dominoes, darts, cards I study mathematics, which is very difficult. Dominoes is my favorite pastime. Some nouns have an identical form for singular and plural that both end with s. barracks, means, headquarters, crossroads, a TV series many TV series, Money is a means to an end. Newspapers and TV are means of mass-communication. There is one species of humans but many species of cats.

ings um ia

Singular

Plural

One bacterium can multiply into millions. Bacteria multiply rapidly. one datum The Internet is the newest medium. Each school should have a curriculum. Use this data for your calculations. The media is everywhere. curricula. several criteria natural phenomena financial analyses many life crises the bases of the hypotheses TV antennas, insect antennae sea algae the circles radii fungi alumni Indices, indexes

on a

one criterion a natural phenomenon

is es

psychological analysis the oil crisis the basis for the hypothesis

a ae

the TV antenna sea alga

us i

a circles radius a fungus an alumnus

ex/ix ices an index

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Singular The matrix appendix

Plural matrices Book appendices, appendixes in the abdomen graffiti concerti virtuosi

oi

graffito concerto virtuoso

IRREGULAR PLURALS
man, men woman, women child, children foot, feet tooth, teeth ox, oxen mouse, mice louse, lice goose, geese

The following nouns have no singular: scissors trousers cattle victuals oats pinchers shears tweezers tongs bellows measles vespers dregs snuffers mumps

Some nouns are always singular. Some of these nouns may be used in the plural when different kinds are meant as sugars, coffees, cottons gold molasses silver copper wheat sugar corn cotton

Singular nouns use this and that. Plural nouns use these and those.

THERE

ARE

A LOT OF

PEOPLE subject

verb determiner in plural (quantifier) since people is plural

QUANTIFIERS WHICH ALWAYS TAKE "OF" BEFORE NOUNS A COUPLE OF DOZENS OF HUNDREDS OF THE MAYORITY OF A MINORITY OF A NUMBER OF HALF OF

PEOPLE/ BOOKS