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THE PLURALS - Rules of Formation
THE PLURALS - Rules of Formation
1 foot 2 feet
Irregular plurals: 1 tooth 2 teeth
1goose 2 geese
6.1 There are some nouns that do not take –s 1 man 2men
or –es. They form their plurals differently. 1 woman 2 women
1 child 2 children
1 person 2 people
1 mouse – mice
6.
6.2 Some nouns have the same singular and a fish – many fish
plural form. a sheep – 5 sheep
a deer – some deer
a criterion – criteria
6.3 Some nouns that English has borrowed
a phenomenon –
from other languages have foreign plurals.
phenomena
a datum – data