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    English Class #9 - Plural Nouns

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    1) This English class discusses rules for forming plural nouns in English. 2) Nouns typically become plural by adding -s, but there are exceptions based on the ending letter. 3) Some nouns have irregular plural forms or do not change form in the plural. 4) Apostrophes are used to indicate possession or contractions, not pluralization.

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    1) This English class discusses rules for forming plural nouns in English. 2) Nouns typically become plural by adding -s, but there are exceptions based on the ending letter. 3) Some nouns have irregular plural forms or do not change form in the plural. 4) Apostrophes are used to indicate possession or contractions, not pluralization.

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    1) This English class discusses rules for forming plural nouns in English. 2) Nouns typically become plural by adding -s, but there are exceptions based on the ending letter. 3) Some nouns have irregular plural forms or do not change form in the plural. 4) Apostrophes are used to indicate possession or contractions, not pluralization.

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    ENGLISH CLASS #9 – PLURAL NOUNS

    Basic rules for plural nouns:

    Ending Plural Example


    general -s book/books
    ‑s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z -es Bus/buses
    Bass/basses
    Flourish/flourishes
    Beach/beaches
    box/boxes
    Buzz/buzzes
    -y (after vowel) -s Attorney/attorneys
    -y (after consonant) -ies Dormitory/dormitories
    -f, -fe -ves Leaf/leaves
    Knife/knives
    -f (exception) -fs Roof/roofs
    -o -oes potato/potatoes
    -o (exceptions) -os Photo/photos
    Piano/pianos
    -us -i Cactus/cacti
    -is -es Diagnosis/diagnoses
    -on -na Phenomenon/phenomena
    -um -a Datum/data

    Special cases:
    1. When the word does not change:
    Series, species, fish, deer, sheep, shrimp, words ending in -craft (spacecraft) and –ics
    (politics)

    2. When there is a different word for plural:


    Singular Plural
    Child Children
    Goose Geese
    Man Men
    Woman Women
    Tooth Teeth
    Foot Feet
    Mouse Mice
    Person People
    How to write it in a sentence:
    Nouns can be countable (mice) or uncountable (flourishes). In plural form, we use
    definite article (the) or no article at all. We never use indefinite articles (an/a)

    Example: She has beautiful children.


    The cacti are flourishing.

    It is worth noting that apostrophes do not make plural nouns, with some exceptions
    aside: when it is use to make a plural form for lowercase letters.

    Example: This handwriting is impossible to read! Are those or o’s?

    There are two main uses for them:


    1. Possessive form: This is Joe’s chair.
    2. Contraction: They’re here.

    * When we use a possessive form with a plural ending in –s, the –s goes before the
    apostrophe.

    Example: The dogs’ food is on the counter.

    References:
    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/possession-john-s-car-
    a-friend-of-mine
    https://www.grammarly.com/blog/articles-with-plural-nouns/
    https://www.grammarly.com/blog/irregular-plural-nouns/
    https://www.grammarly.com/blog/plural-nouns/
    https://www.grammarly.com/blog/spelling-plurals-with-s-es/
    https://www.scribbr.com/language-rules/apostrophes/

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