Plural vs singular

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Plurals

Nouns that change spelling

person – people

ox – oxen

man – men

woman – women

caveman – cavemen

policeman – policemen

child – children

tooth – teeth

foot – feet

goose – geese

mouse – mice

louse – lice

also........

a loaf of bread - five loaves (Bread)

a pair of trousers

a pair of glasses

Nouns that don't change

aircraft – aircraft

barracks – barracks

deer – deer

gallows – gallows

moose – moose

salmon – salmon

hovercraft – hovercraft

spacecraft – spacecraft

series – series

species – species

means – means

offspring – offspring

deer – deer

fish – fish

sheep – sheep

Look at the underlined parts of these sentences. What is remarkable about them?

There are tropical fish in this bay!

I think sea cows actually belong to a different species than seals.  

I can’t find my glasses. Have you seen them?    

‘Fish’ looks like a singular form, but it ‘behaves’ like a plural.

‘Species’ looks like a plural form, but it ‘behaves’ like a singular.

‘Glasses’ looks like a plural, but you would expect a singular.

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