Plural vs singular

Plurals
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Plurals

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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

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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

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

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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