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English
English Grammar
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Singular :
Singular means “one”
When referring to “one thing” usually we use “a” or “an” before the noun.
Examples:

A table An apple An orange

A chair A phone A laptop

A man

NOTE :
Use “an” if the next word starts with vowel (A-I-U-E-O)
Use “a” if the next word starts with consonant.

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Plural :
Plural means “more than one”
When referring to more than one things, we add –s at the end of the word, and
we don’t use “a” or “an”.

Examples:

Singular Plural

Boat Boats

Plane Planes

Apple Apples

Cat Cats

House Houses

A singular noun ending in s, x, z, ch, sh makes the plural by adding-es.

Examples:

1. Bus – Buses
2. Wish – Wishes
3. Box – Boxes
4. Bench – Benches

Nouns that ends with –y should be added –ies in the plural form.
Examples:

1. Baby – Babies
2. Dummy – Dummies
3. City – Cities
4. Spy – Spies

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There are also irregular nouns:

Examples: Singular - Plural
1. Man – Men
2. Woman – Women
3. Ox – Oxen
4. Tooth – Teeth
5. Foot – Feet
6. Child – Children
7. Person – People
8. Mouse – Mice
9. Wife – Wives
10. Potato - Potatoes

Some nouns have plural form, but actually singular

1. Mathematics
2. Economics
3. News

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