Plural nouns in English
Today we will talk about one of the initial rules that you have definitely learned and it is ( plural in English ) but, in this lesson we explain it more deeply so you have to attention so that you know how to put the nouns in plural English with all their forms .
First of all, we have to know that plural in English divided in to Two types : ( regular plural ) and it has a constant base that we will recognize it and (irregular plural ) which has many forms. In this lesson we review two types with many examples.
First – ( Regular plural )
Regular plural in English has fixed rule unchanged and it is an addition ( s ) at the end of the noun such as :
✔ Boy → boys
✔ Girl → girls
But nevertheless, there are several exception that we have to recognize :
1-Nouns which ends with ( CH- X – S – Z ) or sound similar to sound ( s ), we add ( es ) at the end of the noun for examples :
✔ Box → boxes
✔ Fox → foxes
2-Nouns which ends with a consonant letter + ( Y ), we deleted ( Y ) then add ( ies ) at the end of noun for examples :
✔ Baby → babies
✔ Cherry → cherries
-If the noun ends with a vowel letter + ( Y ), we add ( s ) at the end of the noun according to the basic rule for examples :
Way → Ways
3-If the noun ends with letter ( o ), we add ( es ) at the end of the noun such as :
Hero → Heroes
-But this rule can't be circulated to all nouns where there are nouns ends with ( o ) and when we placed in plural we add only ( s ) for examples :
✔ Photo → photos
✔ video → videos
4-If the noun ends with ( f ) or ( fe ), we're converting ( f ) into ( v) and add ( s ) or ( es ) for examples :
✔ Leaf → leaves
✔ Knife → knives
All the foregoing is about ( regular plural ) and now, we move to second type is ( irregular plural) .
Second –( Irregular plural )
This kind of plural is not subject to a certain rule. Every base is anomalous, so we will get to know this kind at length.
1-The plural noun is similar to the single noun for examples :
✔ Fish → fish
✔ man → men
✔ woman → women
2- Words look like plural but take the verb as singular such as :
News → Artists' s news is always exciting .
Mathematics → Mathematics is the hardest for me .
3- Words that don't always plural and treat as singular such as :
✔ Information
✔ luggage
And so we go to the end of our lesson today, which was about the forms of plural and its different methods in English and also which is definitely a big addition to your information about plural in English .