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Roof-Roofs Handkerchief-Handkerchiefs Wharf-Wharfs - F - ES, Proof-Proofs Cliff-Cliffs

This document discusses irregular plural forms of nouns in English. It provides examples of nouns that form their plural by changing the final letter or by adding -es, -s, or -ies. It also lists nouns that have the same form for both singular and plural, including names of sports, diseases, academic subjects, tools, and clothing. Finally, it notes how the meaning of some nouns can change between their singular and plural forms.

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Roof-Roofs Handkerchief-Handkerchiefs Wharf-Wharfs - F - ES, Proof-Proofs Cliff-Cliffs

This document discusses irregular plural forms of nouns in English. It provides examples of nouns that form their plural by changing the final letter or by adding -es, -s, or -ies. It also lists nouns that have the same form for both singular and plural, including names of sports, diseases, academic subjects, tools, and clothing. Finally, it notes how the meaning of some nouns can change between their singular and plural forms.

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THE NOUN.

IRREGULAR FORMS
A. Sg. Pl.
Half-halves
Loaf-loaves
Knife-knives
Life-lives roof-roofs
Wife-wives handkerchief-handkerchiefs
Leaf-leaves wharf-wharfs
Sheaf-sheaves -F>-ES, but: proof-proofs
Thief-thieves cliff-cliffs
Elf-elves
Self-selves
Shelf-shelves
Wolf-wolves
B. Penny-pence , die-dice, mouse-mice, louse-lice, dormouse-dormice, titmouse-
titmice, child-children-man-men, woman-women, goose-geese, tooth-teeth, foot-
feet.
C. Nouns of foreign origin(Latin and Greek)
Magus-magi
Radius-radii

Axis-axes
Crisis-crises
Oasis-oases

Criterion-criteria
Phenomenon-phenomena

Catus-cacti-cactuses
Genius-genii-geniuses
Terminus-termini-terminuses

Formula-formulae
Lacuna-lacunae

Apendix- apendices

Bureau-bureaux
D. Nouns with only one form.
PLURAL
 Instruments and tools: compasses, binoculars, glasses/spectacles/scissors,
tongs, tweezers, etc + ARE
 Pieces of clothing: trousers, pants, riding breeches, overalls, braces, + ARE

 Games, ilnesses, subject matters: dominoes, billiards, cards, skittles, measles,

mumps, tonsilitis, Physics, Mathematics, Phonetics, etc + IS


SINGULAR

 Unique nouns: the Earth, the sun, the moon, the north, the south, the east, the west,
nature, paradise, hell, etc + IS
 Names of matters: sugar, flour, steel, maize, oil, chicken, water, etc. + IS
 Abstract nouns: frienship, love, hate, realism, comunism, etc.+ IS
 Individual nouns of multitude: fisf-fish, trout-trout, salmon-salmon, deer-deer, sheep-
sheep, etc+IS/ARE
 And: information, advice, knowledge, luggage, furniture +IS
E. Differences in meaning determined by change of number
Advice=sfaturi, advices=stiri, informatii
Arm=brat, arms=brate, armata
Ash=scrum, ashes=cenusa
Clotf=stofa, clothes=haine
Cpour=culoare, colours=culori, steag
Compass=busola, compasses=compas
Facility=usurinta, facilitate, facilities=coditii favorabile, echipament, confort
Custom =obicei, customs=vama
Glass=pahar, glasses=pahare/ochelari
Moral=morala, morals=moravuri, moralitate
Number=numar, numbers=numere, versuri
F. Collective nouns
Family, government, team, crew, mankind, public, audience, people, folk, cattle,
vermin, poultry, etc. + IS/A RE

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