When do nouns take "-ES" as their plural form? (Rule + exceptions)
When do nouns take "-IES" as their plural form (Rule + exceptions)
When do nouns take "-VES" as their plural form (Rule + exceptions)
Which 3 other plural forms other than the above exist?
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Nouns - plural forms - part I
-S What is the common plural form?.
When do nouns take "-ES" as their plural form? (Rule + exceptions)
When do nouns take "-IES" as their plural form (Rule + exceptions)
When do nouns take "-VES" as their plural form (Rule + exceptions)
Which 3 other plural forms other than the above exist? > chairs/trees/dogs etc.
-ES -> kisses/buses/watches/boxes etc.
-ES -> tomatoes/potatoes/heroes etc. -> STUDY THE EXCEPTIONS (e.g. photos)
-Y -> ie -> ladies/babies/cries etc. -> STUDY THE EXCEPTIONS (e.g. turkeys
-F -> ves -> thieves/loaves/lives etc. -> STUDY THE EXCEPTIONS (e.g. handkerchiefs)
-EN -> children/oxen / Change in vowel -> foot-feet, mouse-mice, louse-lice, goose-geese, woman-women etc. -> STUDY!!!!!/ Singular = Plural -> sheep/series/means/deer/Chinese (-ese) etc. -> STUDY!!!!
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Nouns - plural forms
Agreement Subject/noun (countable) -> Both men put out their cigarettes/ Women love cats (Women love coffee/Women love their cups of coffee in the morning.)
Plural noun as adjective takes singular form -> a twenty-pound note, a hundred-dollar bill
Crew/family/team/cattle/people/police -> plural form when referring to all members -> The police have arrested the thieves./Dutch people don't want to give up Sinterklaas.
People (volk)/Peoples (volkeren) -> the indigenous peoples of North Africa
