Examples Help! Definition and Meaning of a Plural Noun
A noun is the name of any person, place or thing as John, London or book. But what is a Plural noun? The meaning or definition of a Plural noun is as follows:
Definition & Meaning
A Plural noun means more than one item. Examples of plural nouns are beds, boys, girls, books and cats. They are created by adding a letter 's' to the end of a word or by adding 'es' such as in churches, boxes or witches.
Definition & Meaning
Examples Help - Some helpful rules There are some rules when working with English plurals:
Just add an 's' to make most words plural - examples: cats, dogs, girls, bats
If the noun ends with a ch, s, sh, x, or z add an 'es' to make it plural - examples: churches, boxes, witches, witnesses
If the noun ends with a letter y and the letter before the y is a consonant
change the letter y to a letter i then add es to make it a plural
Examples: Sky to Skies & Army to Armies
Examples Help! List of Plural Nouns
This list of English examples will prove useful when learning about different parts of speech:
List
Cats
Boys
Bats
Books
Chairs
Tables
Churches
Boxes
Witches
List
Irregular Plural Nouns
Just when you think it's simple along comes the phrase 'irregular plural nouns'! What exactly does this mean? Most English nouns are very predictable ( or regular ) in the spelling of the plural form - you just add an 's' or 'es' which make 'regular' plural words. But there are always exceptions to the rule and these are referred to a 'irregular plural nouns! When irregular nouns change from their singular form to become plural, their spelling changes in a different way as in mouse and mice (or it may not change at all as in the word scissors). It would be incorrect English to add an 's' or 'es' to these 'irregular' words. The following list of irregular examples will make this definition much clearer:
Irregular List
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
analysis
analyses
appendix
appendices
bison
bison
cactus
cacti
calf
calves
child
children
elf
elves
foot
feet
goose
geese
knife
knives
leaf
leaves
life
lives
loaf
loaves
man
men
mouse
mice
person
people
scissors
scissors
tooth
teeth
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Understanding the different types of nouns is not very difficult, but it is made daunting because of the seemingly complicated names! Just glancing through this page provides a fast overview of Plural nouns. Remember that Plural nouns are the words used to describe more than one item. Examples of plural nouns are beds, boys, girls, books and cats. They are created by adding a letter 's' to the end of a word or by adding 'es' such as in churches, boxes or witches.
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English Grammar and Irregular plural nouns
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