Singular and Plural

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SINGULAR & PLURAL

Plural forms: A form of word which refers to more than one person or thing. Eg: Cats, men

Usually nouns will change to plural forms by adding ‘s’ at the end of the singular forms.

boy – boys girls – girls

school – schools van – vans

shop – shops film – films

paper – papers chief – chiefs

gulf – gulfs

There are some unusual forms of plural nouns changed from singular nouns. They are given in a table.

*Some noun will change to different forms* man – men woman – women tooth – teeth child – children foot – feet ox – oxen	*Some noun do not change in plural form from singular form* vacation – vacation deer – deer fish – fish bison – bison pair – pair means – means	*Singular noun ending with ‘o’ will change by adding ‘s’ (those are not frequently used )* dynamo – dynamos piano – pianos radio – radios stereo – stereos ratio – ratios
*Some have two plural forms* syllabus – syllabi / syllabuses fungus – fungi / funguses medium – media / mediums cactus – cacti / cactuses curriculum – curricula / curriculums memorandum – memoranda / memorandums	*Some have no singular form* people scissors advice information furniture spectacles	*Singular noun ending with ‘y’ will change into ‘i’ along with adding ‘es’* baby – babies family – families copy – copies lady – ladies difficulty – difficulties story – stories

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*Singular form ending with ‘a’ will change into ‘ae’* vertebra – vertebrae formula – formulae antenna – antennae alga – algae larva – larvae amoeba – amoebae	*Singular form ending with ‘ um’ will change into ‘ a’* medium – media forum – fora datum – data bacterium – bacteria stratum – strata dictum – dicta	*Singular noun ending with ‘x’ will change into ‘ ices’* matrix – matrices index – indices
*Singular noun ending with ‘ us’ will change into ‘ i’* radius – radii locus – loci bacillus – bacilli alumnus – alumni hippopotamus – hippopotami focus – foci	*Singular noun ending with ‘ is’ will change into ‘es’* diagnosis – diagnoses ellipsis – ellipses axis – axes crisis – crises hypothesis – hypotheses synopsis – synopses	*Singular noun ending with ‘eau’ will change into ‘s’ or ‘x’* bureau – bureaus / bureaux plateau – plateaus / plateaux
*Singular nouns ending with ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘ch’, ‘sh’ or ‘x’ will change by adding ‘’es’* box – boxes bus – buses class – classes potato – potatoes match – matches watch – watches	*Singular noun ending with ‘f’ / ‘fe’ will change into ‘v’ along with adding ‘es’* leaf – leaves knife – knives wife – wives thief – thieves shelf – shelves loaf – loaves	*Singular noun ending with ‘on’ will change into ‘a’* phenomenon – phenomena criterion – criteria

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