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What are a list of plural nouns?

What are a list of plural nouns?

Two plural forms with different meanings

Singular nouns Plural nouns
cactus cacti / cactuses
sheep sheep
analysis analyses
woman women

What are 5 plural nouns?

For the plural form of most nouns, add s.

  • bottle – bottles.
  • cup – cups.
  • pencil – pencils.
  • desk – desks.
  • sticker – stickers.
  • window – windows.

What nouns are always used as a plural?

The nouns people (meaning more than one person) and police are always plural: People say that the police are investigating the case. People can refer to a nation, religion or race, in which case it is considered as a singular noun and can be used in a singular or plural form: They are a welcoming and hospitable people.

What are the ways of forming of plural nouns?

Ways of forming the plural of nouns: Noun ending in -s, -ss, -x, -sh or -ch form their plurals by adding -es to the singular. If the noun ends in -y and the -y has a consonant before it, its plural is formed by changing -y into -ies. But if the noun ends in -y and the -y has a vowel before it, its plural is formed by adding -s to the singular.

How do most nouns form their plural?

Most English nouns form their plural by adding either -s (book s, band s, bell s) or -es (box es, bunch es, batch es). These plural forms are said to follow a regular pattern.

What are regular and irregular plural nouns?

Singular nouns refer to one “person, place, thing, or idea” while plural nouns refer to “not one” (two or more or less than one) “people, places, things, or ideas.” Regular nouns are predictable, taking an -s suffix to form the plural. Irregular nouns are unpredictable, following other rules to form the plural.