🐾plural🐾
🔵Regular Plurals:
Rule:1 nouns + s
• bag = bags
• cup = cups
• email = emails
• god = gods
• house = houses
• student = students
Rule:2 nouns ending with …x/ch/sh/s/ss/z/zz + es (regular plural)
• bench = benches
• box = boxes
• bus = buses
• buzz = buzzes
• class = classes
• dish = dishes
• whiz(z) = whizzes
Exception :
• epoch = epochs
• stomach = stomachs
Rule :3 nouns ending with …o + es (regular plural)
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• buffalo = buffaloes
• domino = dominoes
• echo = echoes
• hero = heroes
• mango = mangoes
• potato = potatoes
• tomato = tomatoes
Exceptions …o + s(regular plural)(asiriyarmalar.com)
• auto = autos
• kilo = kilos
• memo = memos
• photo = photos
• piano = pianos
• studio = studios
• zoo = zoos
• cargo = cargos/cargoes
• zero = zeros/zeroes
Rule: 4 nouns ending with …consonant + y = ies (regular plural)
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• baby = babies
• daisy = daisies
• fly = flies
• lady = ladies
• story = stories
Rule: 5 nouns ending with …vowel + y = s (regular plural)
• boy = boys
• chimney = chimneys
• day = days
• essay = essays
• key = keys
• play = plays
• toy = toys
• valley = valleys
Rule:6 nouns ending with …f/fe = ves (regular plural)(asiriyarmalar.com)
• knife = knives
• life = lives
• loaf = loaves
• scarf = scarves
• self = selves
• thief = thieves
• wife = wives
• wolf = wolves
Exceptions :
• belief = beliefs
• chief = chiefs
• cliff = cliffs
• roof = roofs
🔴Irregular Plurals
Rule:1 a = e(Irregular Plural)(asiriyarmalar.com)
• gentleman = gentlemen
• man = men
• policeman = policemen
• postman = postmen
• woman = women
Rule:2 en (Irregular Plural)
• child = children
• ox = oxen
• brother = brethren
Rule:3 oo = ee (Irregular Plural)(asiriyarmalar.com)
• foot = feet
• goose = geese
• tooth = teeth
Exceptions:
• book = books
• hook = hooks
• roof = roofs
• room = rooms
Rule:4 …ouse = …ice(Irregular Plural)
• louse = lice
• mouse = mice
Others
• blouse = blouses
• house = houses
Rule:5 …um/on = …a(Irregular Plural)
• automaton = automata
• bacterium = bacteria
• criterion = criteria
• curriculum = curricula
• datum = data
• erratum = errata
• medium = media
• ovum = ova
• phenomenon= phenomena
• phylum = phyla
Rule:6 …a = …ae(Irregular Plural)(asiriyarmalar.com)
• alga = algae
• alumna = alumnae
• amoeba = amoebae
• antenna = antennae
• formula = formulae
• larva = larvae
• nebula = nebulae
• vertebra = vertebrae
• vita = vitae
Rule:7 …us = …i(Irregular Plural)
• alumnus = alumni
• bacillus = bacilli
• cactus = cacti
• focus = foci
• fungus = fungi
• nucleus = nuclei
• octopus = octopi
• radius = radii
• stimulus = stimuli
• syllabus = syllabi
• terminus = termini
Rule:8 …us = …a(Irregular Plural)
• corpus = corpora
• genus = genera
Rule:9 …i(s) = …e(s) (Irregular Plural)
• analysis = analyses
• axis = axes
• basis = bases
• crisis = crises
• diagnosis = diagnoses
• ellipses = ellipsis
• hypothesis = hypothesis
• oasis = oases
• parenthesis= parentheses
• synopsis = synopses
• thesis = theses
Rule:10 …e/Ix = …ices(Irregular Plural)(asiriyarmalar.com)
• apex = apices
• appendix = appendices
• codex = codices
• index = indices
• matrix = matrices
• vortex = vortices
Rule:11 …eau = …eaux(Irregular Plural)(asiriyarmalar.com)
• beau = beaux
• bureau = bureaux
• chateau = chateaux
• plateau = plateaux
• tableau = tableaux
Rule:12 Singular-Plural same
• aircraft = aircraft
• cod = cod
• deer = deer
• fish = fish
• means = means
• offspring = offspring
• series = series
• sheep = sheep
• species = species
Rule:13 Some other Italian Words in plural:
• concerto = concerti
• graffito = graffiti
• libretto = libretti
• tempo = tempi
• virtuoso = virtuosi
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Rule:14 Some Hebrew Words in Plural:
• cherub = cherubim
• seraph = seraphim
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