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The plural form of noun

1. Glass
2. Problem
3. Bush
4. Animal
5. Sex
6. Library
7. Monkey
8. Family
9. Wife
10. A dormitory, two...
11. A leaf, two...
12. A wish, two...
13. An opinion, many...
14. A sandwich, some...
15. A flash, three...
16. One half, two...
17. A tax, a lot of...
18. A possibility, several...
19. A thief, many...
20. An attorney, a few...
21. A butterfly, several...
22. One category, two...
23. A wolf, some...
24. One stitch, two...
25. A belief, many...

Explanation:
1. To make most nouns plural, add s

One bird=two birds

One street=two streets

One rose=two roses

2. Add es to nouns ending in sh, -ch, -ss,


and x.
One dish=two dishes
One match=two matches
One class=two classes
One box=two boxes
3. If a noun ends in a consonant + -y, change
The y to i and add es. (note: if y
preceded by a vowel, add only s: boys,
days, keys).
One baby=two babies
One city=two cities

4. If a noun ends in fe or f, change the ending


To ves. (exceptions: beliefs, chiefs, roofs,
Cuffs.)
One knife=two knives
One shelf=two shelves
5. The plural form of nouns that end in o
is sometimes oes and sometimes os.
-oes: tomatoes, potatoes, heroes, echoes
Mosquitoes
-os: zoos, radios, studios, pianos, solos,
Sopranos, photos, autos
-oes or os: zeroes/zeros, volcanoes/volcanos.
Tornadoes/tornados
6. Some nouns have irregular plural forms.
(note: the singular form of people can be
Person, woman, man, child. For example,
One man and one child=two people)
One child=two children
One foot=two feet
One goose=two geese
One man=two men
One mouse=two mice
One tooth=two teeth
One woman=two women
7. The plural form of some nouns is the same
As the singular form
One deer=two deer
One fish=two fish
One sheep=two sheep
One offspring=two offspring
One species=two species
8. Some nouns that english has borrowed
From other languages have foreign plurals
One bacterium=two bacteria
One cactus=two cacti
One crisis=two crises
One phenomenon=two phenomena

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