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PLURALS
GENERAL RULE:-NOUN + S EX: BOOK - BOOKS PROFESSOR PROFESSORS DRUG – DRUGS DISEASE – DISEASES
NOUNS ENDING IN S, SS, SH, CH, X, O , Z :- NOUN + ES EX: CLASSCLASSES, WATCH- WATCHES,
ABSCESS – ABSCESSES, APPENDIX - APPENDICES , TOMATO- TOMATOES,
ECC: PIANO – PIANOS, RADIO-RADIOS : OF LATIN ORIGIN
NOUNS ENDING IN Y AFTER CONSONANT:- Y BECOMES IES EX:
UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITIES, LABORATORY - LABORATORIES.
SOME NOUNS ENDING IN F (E) F BECOMES VES- KNIFE - KNIVES,
LIFE - LIVES
IRREGULAR PLURALS:MOUSE - MICE, CHILD – CHILDREN, FOOT - FEET, TOOTH - TEETH,
LOUSE – LICE, MAN - WOMAN - WOMEN, MAN - MEN, PERSON PEOPLE, GOOSE - GEESE
NOUNS WITH NO CHANGE- SERIES - SERIES, SPECIES - SPECIES, SALMON
–SALMON, uncountable nouns – no plural :- TRAFFIC, LIGHT, TIME,
FURNITURE – FURNITURE, NEWS- NEWS- a piece of news, furniture
FOREIGN PLURALS ORIGIN LATIN AND GREEK WITH SPECIAL
PLURALSANALYSIS - ANALYSES , APPENDIX - APPENDICES OR
APPENDIXES , BACTERIUM - BACTERIA
BASIS - BASES, CACTUS - CACTI OR CACTUSES, CRISIS - CRISES,
CRITERION - CRITERIA, DIAGNOSIS - DIAGNOSES, FORMULA FORMULAE, HYPOTHESIS - HYPOTHESES, MEDIUM - MEDIA,
PHENOMENON - PHENOMENA, STIMULUS - STIMULI, VERTEBRA VERTEBRAE, NECROSIS - NECROSES, OVUM - OVA, PANCREAS PANCREATA ETC