IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS

Nouns that do not become plural by adding -s or -es, as most nouns in the English language do.
For example, the plural form of man is men, not mans. The plural form of woman is women, not womans

IRREGULAR
PLURAL NOUNS

​Irregular plural nouns

​Regular plural nouns

What are the differences ?

​Irregular plural nouns

• Add the ending- es for nouns that end in the letters ch, x, s, and sh.

• Example :

  box – boxes, watch, watches, bus – buses,

• Some nouns that end in -f or -ef are changed to -ves for the plural form.

• Example :

  calf-calves life-lives thief-thieves half-halves loaf-loaves wolf-wolves

  knife-knives self-selves leaf-leaves shelf-shelves scarf-scarves/rfs

• Nouns that end in a vowel, such as y or o, not have standard rules.

• Example :

  Baby – Babies, Toy – Toys, Kidney – Kidneys, Potato – Potatoes.

  
  

• There are several nouns whose Plural form is different from the Singular form.

• Example :

  man-men ox-oxen tooth-teeth woman-women foot-feet

  mouse-mice child-children goose-geese louse-lice person-people

• criterion-criteria
  phenomenon-phenomena
  cactus-cacti/tuses
  stimulus-stimuli
  fungus-fungi
  syllabus-syllabi

• Some nouns in English have the same plural as the singular

• Example :

  one deer-two deer
  one series-two series
  one fish-two fish*
  one sheep-two sheep

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