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    There are two types of plural nouns: regular and irregular. Regular nouns follow predictable rules to form their plural by adding "-s", "-es", or "-ies" depending on how the singular noun ends. However, there are exceptions. Irregular nouns do not follow rules and must be memorized as they form their plural in unpredictable ways. The document then provides seven rules for forming regular plurals and lists examples of common irregular plurals that have to be learned.

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    There are two types of plural nouns: regular and irregular. Regular nouns follow predictable rules to form their plural by adding "-s", "-es", or "-ies" depending on how the singular noun ends. However, there are exceptions. Irregular nouns do not follow rules and must be memorized as they form their plural in unpredictable ways. The document then provides seven rules for forming regular plurals and lists examples of common irregular plurals that have to be learned.

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    There are two types of plural nouns: regular and irregular. Regular nouns follow predictable rules to form their plural by adding "-s", "-es", or "-ies" depending on how the singular noun ends. However, there are exceptions. Irregular nouns do not follow rules and must be memorized as they form their plural in unpredictable ways. The document then provides seven rules for forming regular plurals and lists examples of common irregular plurals that have to be learned.

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    Plural Nouns

    There are many plural noun rules, and because we use nouns so frequently when writing,
    it’s important to know all of them! The correct spelling of plurals usually depends on what
    letter the singular noun ends in.

    There are two types of nouns, which are Regular and Irregular noun. Irregular nouns do not
    follow plural noun rules, so they must be memorized or looked up in the dictionary.

    Regular Nouns

    1. Most singular nouns form the plural by adding -s.


    Examples
    Singular Plural
    boat boats
    house houses
    cat cats
    river rivers

    2. A singular noun ending in s, x, z, ch, sh makes the plural by adding-es.


    Examples
    Singular Plural
    bus buses
    wish wishes
    pitch pitches
    box boxes

    3. A singular noun ending in a consonant and the letter y, we make it plural by dropping
    the y and adding-IES.
    Examples
    Singular Plural
    penny pennies
    spy spies
    baby babies
    city cities
    daisy daisies

    4. If the singular noun ends in a vowel and the letter y, we make it plural by simply
    adding an -S.
    Examples
    Singular Plural
    Day Days
    Key Keys
    Boy Boys

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    5. If the noun ends with -f or -fe, the f is often changed to -ve before adding the -s to
    form the plural version.
    Examples
    Singular Plural
    Life Lives
    Wife Wives
    Wolf Wolves
    Leaf Leaves

    But there is an exception to rule number 5:


    Exceptions:
    roof – roofs
    belief – beliefs
    chef – chefs
    chief – chiefs

    6. If the singular noun ends in a consonant and the letter -O, add -ES to make it plural.
    Examples
    Singular Plural
    Potato Potatoes
    Tomato tomatoes
    mosquito mosquitoes

    But there is an exception to rule number 6:


    Exceptions:
    piano-pianos
    solo-solos
    alto-altos
    photo-photos

    7. If the singular noun ends in a vowel and the letter -O, add -S to make it plural.

    Examples
    Singular Plural
    studio studios
    radio radios
    stereo stereos

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    Irregular Nouns
    Unfortunately, these nouns don’t have a rule, you’ll just have to learn them.
    Look at the list below:

    Examples
    Singular Plural
    woman women
    man men
    child children
    tooth teeth
    foot feet
    person people
    mouse mice
    goose geese
    Sheep Sheep
    Deer Deer
    Jeans Jeans
    Glasses Glasses
    Pants Pants
    Hair Hair
    News News
    Series Series
    cactus cacti
    focus foci
    fungus fungi
    nucleus nuclei
    syllabus syllabi/syllabuses
    analysis analyses
    diagnosis diagnoses
    oasis oases
    thesis theses
    crisis crises
    phenomenon phenomena
    criterion criteria
    datum data

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