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+s an apple-apples

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+ES (if nouns ending in –s,- ss , - ch ,-x,-o) a tomato-tomatoes

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BUT: radio-radios piano-pianos photo-photos rhino-rhinos hippo-hippos video-videos

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in the plural Nouns ending in a vowel+Y take –s a toy-to ys

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Nouns ending in consonant+y , drop the –y and take – ies in the plural a strawberry-strawberr ies y - i+es

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Nouns ending in –f or – fe , drop the f or fe and take – ves in the plural a leaf-leaves -f/- fe -v+es

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BUT : chiefs roofs safes cliffs beliefs scarf( ves ) wharfs( ves ) dwarfs( ves ) hoofs( ves )

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IRREGULAR PLURALS: a man-men a woman-women a child-children a foot-feet a tooth-teeth a goose-geese a mouse-mice a louse-lice an ox-oxen

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SOME NOUNS HAVE THE SAME singular and plural forms: a fish-fish a deer-deer a sheep-sheep a trout-trout a swine-swine an aircraft-aircraft a means-means

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Some words which come from foreign languages have special plurals: Analysis-analyses Appendix-appendices/appendixes Bacterium-bacteria Basis-bases Cactus-cacti/cactuses Crisis-crises Criterion-criteria Diagnosis-diagnoses Formula-formulae/formulas Fungus-fungi/funguses Hypothesis-hypotheses Medium-media/mediums Phenomenon-phenomena

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Noun+preposition+noun , we add –s to the first noun a mother-in-law- mother s -in-law

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If the first word is man or woman a woman-doctor- women-doctors

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Noun+adverb , we add –s to the first wo rd passer-by-passer s -by

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If there is no noun-stem in the compound –s is added to the last element Forget-me-not-forget-me-not s

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Uncountable nouns(are used in singular): Mass nouns: Beer, blood, bread, butter,air , oxygen,corn,flour Subjects: History,mathematics,physics Languages: Spanish,French,Japanese,Italian Games: Baseball,billiards,football,golf , darts,cricket,rugby Diseases: Flu,pneumonia,measles,mumps , tuberculosis Natural phenomena: Darkness,fog,gravity,show Collective nouns: Baggage,crockery,cutlery , furniture,jewellery,luggage , machinery,money,rubbish . Others: Advice,anger,applause,assistance,behavior,business,chaos,countryside,courage,education,evidence,homework,information,knowledge,luck,music,news,peace,progress,seaside,traffic,trouble,truth,wealth,work,summons, crossroads,rubbish .

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Always plura l: people arms cattle ashes trousers barracks jeans clothes shorts congratulations shoes outskirts gloves police pajamas riches tights stairs earrings surroundings scissors wages pliers goods

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A group of english nouns that can be used as countable or uncountable with a difference in meaning: Glass( стекло) a glass (стакан) Hair (волосы) a hair (волос) Iron (железо) an iron (утюг) Experience (опыт) an experience (событие) Work (работа) a work (произведение) Paper (бумага) a paper (газета)

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Collective nouns that can be both singular and plural : Army Audience Class Committee Company Crew Crowd Government Group Faculty Family

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TEam Is singular when it is regarded as one unit: Our team is winning . Is plural when we mean each member of this unit individually: The team are going back to their homes.

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Russian nouns that are always plural in russian but are singular and plural in English . ворота a gate-gates сани a sledge-sledges каникулы a vacation-vacations часы a watch/clock-watches/clocks