PLURALS
-S
parent-parents
school-schools
-ES
-S
bus-buses
-SS
address-addresses
boss-bosses
-X
six-sixes
box-boxes
*ox-oxen
-CH
watch-watches
-SH
crash-crashes
brush-brushes
*Fish or fishes? Fish is the plural of fish, but fishes also when we talk about their types.
-O
tomato-tomatoes
potato-potatoes
hero-heroes
volcano-volcanoes
*photos, videos, radios, pianos, zeros, kilos, stereos, ...(foreign origin)
Y-I
secretary-secretaries
lorry-lorries
family-families
lady-ladies
hobby-hobbies
country-countries
- EF/-FE = -VES
thief-thieves
life-lives
wife-wives
knife-knives
*shelf-shelves
half-halves
*chief-chiefs
* roof-roofs
proof-proofs
*scarf-scarfs/scarves
dwarf-dwarfs/dwarves
wharf-wharfs/wharves
hoof-hoofs/hooves
-IS/-ES
crisis-crises
analysis-analyses
emphasis-emphases
IRREGULAR PLURALS
child-children
person-people or persons (official papers)
mouse/mice
penny/pence or pennies
man-men
woman-women
policeman/policewoman-policemen
manservant-menservants
phenomenon-phenomena
criterion-criteria
goose-geese *gooses
foot-feet
tooth-teeth
ONLY SINGULAR
The Netherlands Maths
The United States Physics
ONLY IN PLURAL
pliers
glasses
pants
trousers
pyjamas
binoculars
scissors
tongs
tweezers
deer
sheep
salmon
cod
cattle aircraft
series
species
team
The Police is plural when you refer to people and singular when you are talking about an organization.
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