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    Plural Form of Irregular Nouns

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    1. Irregular nouns form their plurals in different ways, such as changing spelling, adding -s, -en, or -ves, or staying the same. 2. Some nouns are always plural or do not have a plural form. They require counters like "pair" or "set" to indicate singular or plural. 3. Foreign words and proper nouns also have varying rules for forming plurals depending on their origin or if a title precedes the name.

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    1. Irregular nouns form their plurals in different ways, such as changing spelling, adding -s, -en, or -ves, or staying the same. 2. Some nouns are always plural or do not have a plural form. They require counters like "pair" or "set" to indicate singular or plural. 3. Foreign words and proper nouns also have varying rules for forming plurals depending on their origin or if a title precedes the name.

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    1. Irregular nouns form their plurals in different ways, such as changing spelling, adding -s, -en, or -ves, or staying the same. 2. Some nouns are always plural or do not have a plural form. They require counters like "pair" or "set" to indicate singular or plural. 3. Foreign words and proper nouns also have varying rules for forming plurals depending on their origin or if a title precedes the name.

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    Plural Form of Irregular Nouns

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    1. Irregular nouns form their plurals in different ways, such as changing spelling, adding -s, -en, or -ves, or staying the same. 2. Some nouns are always plural or do not have a plural form. They require counters like "pair" or "set" to indicate singular or plural. 3. Foreign words and proper nouns also have varying rules for forming plurals depending on their origin or if a title precedes the name.

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    Plural forms of

    Irregular
    Nouns
    Josephine Antonio Bal-ot
    MUÑOZ CENTRAL SCHOOL
    Science City of Muñoz,Nueva Ecija
    Plural forms of Irregular
    Nouns
    1.Some nouns change their
    spelling to form their plural.
    man-men woman-women
    foot- feet tooth-teeth
    louse- lice mouse-mice
    ox-oxen child-children
    2. a few nouns have the
    same forms in both the
    singular and plural.
    species deer sheep
    literature series
    corps
    cattle swine
    Portuguese
    3.some nouns ending in
    -s are always plural.
    pants scissors slacks
    trousers goods pliers
    pincers tweezers
    headquarters
    4.these words require
    counters to denote their
    singular or plural forms.
    a pair of scissors
    a set pliers
    5. some nouns ending in –s
    are not plural at all.They
    take singular verbs
    news measles physics
    mumps mathematics
    economics politics civics
    acoustics athletics
    thanks
    ethics
    6. some nouns do not
    have plural forms
    information
    equipment
    furniture baggage
    footage
    7. these words also
    require counters to form
    their plural.
    series of footage
    pieces of furniture
    bits of information
    bulks of equipment
    8. compound nouns form
    their plural by adding –s
    to the more important
    word.
    editor-in-chief
    editors-in-chief
    maid –of-honor
    maids-of-honor
    9. compound nouns
    ending in –ful form their
    plural by adding s to –ful.
    spoonful-spoonfuls
    basketful-basketfuls
    cupful-cupfuls
    bucketful-bucketfuls
    10. counters of mass
    nouns
    are pluralized instead of
    the nouns.
    a spoonful of sugar
    a spoonfuls of sugar
    a grain of sand
    a grains of sand
    11.symbols,numbers,letters,
    figures,and words form
    their plural by adding
    s,es
    ies,or ‘s.
    x-x’s two-twos and-
    and’s
    7- 7’s six-sixes
    twenty-twenties
    12. certain nouns have
    two plural forms with
    different meaning.
    die
    dice-used in games
    dies- for stamping
    index
    indexes- books
    indices- amount in coins
    cloth
    cloths-varieties of cloth
    clothes- garment
    brother
    brothers-family members
    brethren-term in religious
    worship
    pea
    peas- a number of
    seeds
    peases- peas spoken
    collectively or in
    bulk
    13. some nouns borrowed
    from foreign languages have
    both a foreign and an
    English plural.In such
    cases,the English form is
    preferred.
    foreign words ending in –us,
    -on,-um,-d form their plural
    by changing
    us to i on to a
    um to a d to ae
    nouns Foreign Plural English
    plural
    1.appendix appendices appendixes
    2.chateau chateaux chateaus
    3.cherub cherubim cherubs
    4.formula formulae formulas
    5.genus genera genuses
    6.index indices indexes
    7.memorandum memoranda memorandums
    8.seraph seraphim seraphs
    9.tableau tableaux tableaus
    10. phenomenon phenomena phenomenons
    14. some foreign nouns form
    their plural as in the original
    language.
    1.alumna- alumnae
    2.alumnus-alumni
    3.analysis-analyses
    4.axis-axes
    5.bacterium-bacteria
    6.basis-bases
    7.beau-beaux
    8.crisis-crises
    9.curriculum-curricula
    10.focus-foci
    11.datum-data
    12.maximum-maxima
    13.oasis-oases
    14.parenthesis-
    parentheses
    15.fungus-fungi
    16.radius-radii
    17.stadium-stadia
    18.synopsis-synopses
    19.criterion-criteria
    20.terminus-termini
    21.thesis-theses
    22.ultimatum-ultimata
    23.vertebra-vertebrae
    24.minimum-minima
    23.vertebra-vertebrae
    24.minimum-minima
    15. The plural of proper
    nouns
    is formed regularly by
    adding s or es.
    February-Februarys
    Santos-Santoses
    but when the name is
    preceded by a title,the
    formation of the plural
    varies.
    Messrs.Andre Miguel and
    Allyson
    Misses Renela and
    Michaela

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