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What should be the plural of this word?
In the English Language, there is great importance of Singular and Plural Nouns. A word that refers to more than one thing or person is known as a plural noun. The following are some of the examples:
To make the plural of the noun, we should end the plural ending –s. For example:
- car – cars
- school – schools
- bag – bags
It does not end just here. There are a lot of exceptions to this rule.
The nouns ending with s, x, z, ch, and sh should be pluralized by adding –es to make the plural. For example:
- bus – buses
- branch – branches
- glass – glasses
- box – boxes
The nouns ending with ‘f’ are made plural by adding –ves and the pronunciation of es is /z/. For example:
- wolf - wolves
- knife – knives
- wife – wives
The ‘f’ ending nouns have some of the following exceptions:
- roof – roofs
- chief – chiefs
- cuff – cuffs
In nouns ending with o, –es is added to form the plural. For example:
- cargo – cargoes
- tomato – tomatoes
- zero – zeroes
- tornado – tornadoes
The o ending nouns also have some exceptions. They are:
- zoo – zoos
- piano – pianos
- photo – photos
- zero – zeros
The following nouns have irregular plurals:
- woman – women
- child – children
- foot – feet
- cactus – cacti
- thesis – theses
- criterion – criteria
- oasis – oases
- datum – data
There are some nouns that remain the same even in their plural form. They are the following:
- aircraft – aircraft
- species – species
- deer – deer
- sheep – sheep
Then there are also some nouns that are always in the plural form. Some of them are:
- scissors
- stairs
- jeans
- pyjamas
- scales
- headphones
- shorts
The following nouns are always singular:
- politics
- phonetics
- news
- mathematics
The English Language contains very vast content and plural nouns are just a small part of it and they are very important for our day to day life.
