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    To summarize, the document discusses various rules for forming plural nouns in English. It explains that adding "-s" is the most common way but there are many exceptions. Irregular plurals and changing spelling depending on endings like "-o" or "-f" are covered. Compound nouns and foreign words may follow different patterns. Only an apostrophe is added to form plurals of symbols, letters and words.

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    To summarize, the document discusses various rules for forming plural nouns in English. It explains that adding "-s" is the most common way but there are many exceptions. Irregular plurals and changing spelling depending on endings like "-o" or "-f" are covered. Compound nouns and foreign words may follow different patterns. Only an apostrophe is added to form plurals of symbols, letters and words.

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    To summarize, the document discusses various rules for forming plural nouns in English. It explains that adding "-s" is the most common way but there are many exceptions. Irregular plurals and changing spelling depending on endings like "-o" or "-f" are covered. Compound nouns and foreign words may follow different patterns. Only an apostrophe is added to form plurals of symbols, letters and words.

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    SV Agreement Singular and Plural Nouns 76

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    Singular

    and
    Plural Nouns

    #76
    To form the plural of most
    nouns, add -s:

    ski skis
    guru gurus
    miser misers
    banana bananas
    menu menus
    encyclopedia encyclopedias
    breakfast breakfasts To form the plural of a noun
    ending in –y preceded by
    vowel, add only an –s.

    key keys
    ploy ploys
    birthday birthdays
    jersey jerseys
    To form the plural of a noun
    ending in –y preceded by a
    consonant, change the –y to –i
    and add –es. EXCEPTION:
    To form the plural of
    country countries proper nouns ending in –y
    spy spies preceded by a consonant,
    dictionary dictionaries just add an –s.

    the Kennedys
    the Bradys
    the Cosbys
    two hot Julys
    To form the plural of a noun Proper nouns ending in –s, -sh,
    ending in –s, -sh, -ch, -z, or x, ch, -z, and –x also form their
    add –es: Plurals with an –es:
    fax faxes the Joneses
    bonus bonuses the Harrises
    atlas atlases the Willises
    leash leashes two Gladyses in my class
    watch watches the Hirsches
    tax taxes the Martinezes

    Don’t add –es to a proper noun


    Double the final consonant of
    one-syllable words ending in a ending in –s if the additional
    single –s or –z preceded by inflection creates a false
    vowel: pronunciation:
    bus buses or busses two Mercedes, not two
    Mercedeses.
    quiz quizzes
    Dictionaries may differ in their To form the plural of some
    spelling of words ending in –o: Nouns ending in –o preceded
    tornado tornadoes, tornados by a consonant, add –s:
    memento mementos, taco tacos
    photo photos
    mementoes
    ghetto ghettos
    halo halos, haloes
    embryo embryos
    mosquito mosquitoes piano pianos

    To form the plural of a noun


    ending in–o preceded by a vowel,
    add an –s: To form the plural of some
    stereo stereos nouns ending in –o preceded
    rodeo rodeos by a consonant, add –es:
    shampoo shampoos potato potatoes
    radio radios veto vetoes
    Some nouns form their plurals
    To form the plural of some words in irregular ways:
    ending in –f or –fe, add –s only; to ox oxen
    others, change the –f to –v and child children
    add –es: man men
    belief beliefs woman women
    roof roofs die dice
    sheriff sheriffs mouse mice
    tiff tiffs
    half halves
    leaf leaves
    life lives
    shelf shelves
    dwarf dwarfs or dwarves
    scarf scarfs or scarves
    To form the plural of some compound nouns, change the last
    element of the compound:
    a three-year-old three-year-olds
    handful handfuls
    cease-fire cease-fires
    madman madmen

    With other compound nouns, change the form of the word that’s
    clearly the most important:
    statute of limitations statutes of limitations
    mother-in-law mothers-in-law
    rule of thumb rules of thumb
    passer-by passers-by
    runner-up runners-up
    bill of sale bills of sale
    poet laureate poets laureates
    court martial court martials
    attorney general attorneys general or
    attorney generals

    •
    alumnus alumni
    alumna alumnae
    crisis crises
    analysis analyses
    Nouns derived from foreign nucleus nuclei
    words change their spelling parenthesis parentheses
    altogether: medium media
    criterion criteria
    basis bases
    memorandum memorandums
    or memoranda
    syllabus syllabuses or
    syllabi
    bacterium bacteria
    opus opera
    Some nouns don’t change their
    form:

    species
    corps
    salmon
    series
    status
    hiatus
    To form the plural of
    salmon
    symbols, letters, and words,
    deer
    add an apostrophe and –s:
    sheep
    means
    four S’s in the word Mississippi
    Chinese
    no if’s, and’s, or but’s

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