all plurals definition and rules, for a common student
The value of grammatical category of numbers is called as plurals. Similarly like the other all languages English also have plurals. Plurals also indicate the Quantity of a noun. it shows that thing are more than one two or three or more than two.
English Noun can be classified as count ( singular & plural) and non-count.
Example:
Cat,bag, box, glass, keyboard, bus, foot, finger, education etc.
Only count able noun has plurals form. Non- countable noun has no plurals forms.
Example:
Cats, bags, boxes, keyboards, buses, foots, educations etc.
English Noun can be classified as count ( singular & plural) and non-count.
Singular Form.
The singular form is used when we are considering noun as a single item or entity.Example:
Cat,bag, box, glass, keyboard, bus, foot, finger, education etc.
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| The plural forms |
The plural Form:
The plural form is used when we are considering more than one of the same items.Only count able noun has plurals form. Non- countable noun has no plurals forms.
Example:
Cats, bags, boxes, keyboards, buses, foots, educations etc.
Rules of Plural making:
1: by adding s or es
Example:
Boy è boys, book è books, pen ==> pens, and these plurals are pronounce by/z/
cat ==>cats tip==> tips, chiefs ==> chief and these are pronounce by /s/
kiss==> kisses, watch==> watches, box==> boxes and these are pronounced by /Iz/
2:If the noun ends with ‑f or ‑fe, the f is often changed to ‑ve.
wolf-wolves
wife-wives
Exception: roof – roofs
3:If the singular noun ends in ‑y, change the ending to ‑ies.
City-cites
puppy-puppies
4:If the singular noun ends in ‑o, add ‑es to make it plural.
potato-potatoes
tomato-tomatoes
5:If the singular noun ends in ‑us, the plural ending is frequently ‑i.
Cactus – cacti
Octopus – octopi
Ellipsis – Ellipses
Criterion – criteria
Goose – geese
Man – men
6:If the singular noun ends in ‑is, the plural ending is ‑es.
Analysis – AnalysesEllipsis – Ellipses
7:If the singular noun ends in ‑on, the plural ending is ‑a.
Phenomenon – phenomenaCriterion – criteria
8:Irregular nouns should be checked in the dictionary because they follow no specific rules.
Child – childrenGoose – geese
Man – men
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| Definition of plurals |
Some nouns don’t change at all when they’re pluralized:Sheep,Moose
Irregular plurals:
Some nouns take on a different form in the plural:
Examples:
| women | teeth | mice | children | people |
Non-count nouns:
Non-count nouns do not have a plural form; however, some nouns can be used in both the count and non-count sense:
Examples:
| I have a lot of experience. I have a lot of experiences. Although most nouns have plurals formed according to regular rules |
