Nouns: Number
Nouns: Number
What is Number in Grammar?
Previously, we learnt that nouns can be either singular or plural.
What is Singular and Plural?
- When one is speaking about a single thing, person, place or idea, the noun used is singular.
- When one is speaking about more than one thing, person, place or idea, the noun used is plural.
Let us consider the following examples:
- As is evident from the table above, the noun undergoes a change while turning from singular to plural.
- Most nouns become plural on the addition of ‘–s’ at its end. Example: Stone – Stones
- In English, the rules for changing the number of the nouns are quite diverse.
- In this chapter, we shall learn these rules that govern the number of nouns.
Changing Singular Nouns into Plural Nouns
Nouns ending with –s, –ss, –sh, –ch, –x
- Nouns ending with ‘–s’, ‘–ss’, ‘–sh’, ‘–ch’ and ‘–x’ become plural on the addition of ‘–es’.
Nouns ending with consonant + o
- Some nouns ending with a consonant + o structure become plural on the addition of ‘–es’.
- Some nouns ending with a consonant + o structure become plural on the addition of ‘–s’.
- Some nouns ending with a consonant + o structure become plural on the addition of both ‘–es’ or ‘–s’.
Nouns ending with ‘–y’
- The plural form of some nouns ending with ‘–y’ is formed by removing ‘y’ from the word and replacing it with ‘–ies’.
- These nouns end with a consonant + y structure.
- Some nouns ending with ‘–y’ become plural on the addition of ‘s’.
- These nouns end with a vowel + y structure.
Nouns ending with ‘–f’ and ‘–fe’
- The plural form of some nouns ending with ‘–f’ or ‘–fe’ is formed by replacing the letters with ‘– ves’.
- Some of these nouns become plural on the addition of ‘s’.
Abbreviations and Numbers
- Abbreviations and numbers become plural on the addition of ‘s’.
- The plural of compound nouns is formed either by adding‘s’ in the end or by making the most important word in the compound plural.
- There are also some variations in certain compound nouns.
Nouns which are always singular
- Some abstract nouns are always considered singular.
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- Some uncountable nouns are considered singular.
- Singular nouns ending with ‘–s’ are used with singular verbs.
- They may seem plural but are actually singular.
Nouns which are always plural
- Some collective nouns are always used with plural verbs.
- They may seem singular but are actually plural.
- Some common nouns are always in the plural form.
Nouns that do not change form
- Some nouns do not change form when they become plural from singular.
Foreign Words
- Some nouns in English are borrowed from other languages like Greek and Latin.
- These nouns do not follow the same rules as other nouns when it comes to numbers.
- The rules governing these words are distinct to their language of origin.
- Some singular foreign nouns ending with ‘–um’ or ‘–on’ become plural when the letters are replaced by ‘a’.
- Some nouns of foreign origin ending with ‘–a’ become plural when ‘e’ is added.
- Some nouns of foreign origin ending with ‘–us’ become plural when ‘i’ is added instead.
- Nouns of foreign origin ending with ‘–ex’ and ‘–ix’ become plural when ‘ices’ is added to them.
- Nouns of foreign origin ending with ‘–is’ become plural when ‘is’ is dropped and is replaced by ‘es’.
- Nouns of foreign origin ending with ‘–eau’ take either ‘–eaux’ or ‘–s’ in the end when they become plural
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