Number

A noun which is used for only one person or thing is said to be in the Singular Number. Example: girl, man, child, pen, table, chair etc.

A noun which is used for more than one person or thing is said to be in the Plural Number. Example: girls, men, children, pens tables, chairs etc.

Rules Of Forming The Plural Of Nouns

Rule 1: Most Singular Nouns form their Plurals by adding –s.

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Rule 2: Nouns that ends in –s, -ss, -x, -sh, or –ch form their Plurals by adding –es to the Singular

Rule 3: Noun that ends in –y, and the –y has a consonant before it, its Plural is formed by changing –y into –ies; as,

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Rule 4: But if the Noun ends in –y, and the –y has a vowel before it, its Plural is formed by adding –s to the Singular

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Rule 5: Noun that ends in –f or –fe form their Plurals by changing –f or –fe into –ves

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But the following Nouns form their Plurals by simply adding –s to the Singular

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Rule 6: Nouns that ends in –o, if they have a consonant before them, generally form their Plurals by adding –es to the Singular

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Rule 7: The following Nouns form their Plurals by a change of the inside vowel

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Rule 8: The following Nouns form their Plurals in –en or –ren

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Rule 9: Compound Noun and their Plurals

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Rule 10: The following Nouns have the same form for the Plural as for the Singular.

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Rule 11: The following Nouns are always Singular:

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Rule 12: The following Nouns are always Plural:

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Rule 13: When the subject changes from Singular to Plural the Predicate of the sentence must change too.

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