Rules of plural words

Rules of plural words

Plural rules of English words
1.1 rule changes of plural nouns
1. Generally speaking, add - s clear consonant and then read / S / map maps
Voiced consonants and vowels / Z / bag bags / car cars
2. End with s, SH, CH, X and add - es to read / iz / bus buses / watch watches
3. Read / iz / license licenses with - s at the end of CE, Se, Ze, etc
4. Change y to I at the end of consonant + y, and then add es to read / Z / Baby --- babies
1.2 rule changes of other plural nouns
1) When a proper noun ending in Y or a noun ending in vowel + y becomes plural, it will be plural by adding s
　 　 two Marys the Henrys
　　　　 monkey---monkeys　 holiday---holidays　　
2) Nouns ending in O, when plural:
A. add s, such as: Photo --- photos piano --- piano
　　　　　　　　 radio---radios　　 zoo---zoos；
B. add es, such as: potato -- potato, tomato -- tomato
C. both methods a and B can be used, such as zero --- zeros / zeroes
3) When a noun ending in f or Fe becomes plural:
A. add s, such as: belief --- beliefs roof --- roof
　　　　　　　　 safe---safes　 gulf---gulfs；
B. remove F, Fe and add ves, such as half --- halves
　　　 knife---knives　leaf---leaves　 wolf---wolves
　　　 wife---wives　 life---lives　 thief---thieves；
c. Both methods a and B can be used, such as Handkerchief: Handkerchief / handkerchieves
1.3 irregular changes in the plural of nouns
1） child---children　 foot---feet　 tooth---teeth
mouse---mice　　　 man---men　 woman---women　
Note: the plural form of a compound word composed of a word plus man or woman is also - men and - women, such as an English, two English. But German is not a compound word, so the plural form is Germany; Bowman is the surname, and the plural form is the bowmen
2) But in addition to yuan, Jiao and Fen of RMB, dollar, pound and Franc all have plural forms. For example: a dollar, two dollars; a meter, two meters
3) A collective noun that appears in the singular but in the plural
People, police, Castle, etc. are plural in themselves. We can't say a person, a policeman, a head of Castle, the English, the British, the French, the Chinese, the Japanese, the Swiss and other nouns, which are used as plural when referring to the general name of the people, such as the Chinese are industries and branch
4) Nouns ending with s and still singular, such as:
a. Maths, politics, physics and other subject nouns are generally uncountable and singular
b. News is an uncountable noun
c. The United States and the United Nations shall be regarded as singular
The United Nations was organized in 1945
d. The plural titles of books, plays, newspapers and magazines can also be regarded as singular
"The Arabian Nights" is a very interesting story book
5) It means two parts, such as glasses, trousers, clothes, etc. to express a specific number, we should use the quantifiers pair, suit, a pair of glasses, two pairs of trousers, etc
6) There are also some nouns whose plural sometimes means special things, such as: goods, waters, fish
1.4 singular and plural of persons of different nationalities
General name of nationality (plural predicate) singular plural
The Chinese a Chinese two Chinese
The Swiss a Swiss two Swiss
The Australians an Australian two Australians
The Russians a Russian two Russians
The Italians an Italian two Italians
The Greek a Greek two Greeks
The French a French man two French men
The Japanese a Japanese two Japanese
The Americans an American two Americans
The Indians an Indian two Indians
The Canadians a Canadian two Canadians
The Germany a Germany two Germany
The English an Englishman two Englishmen
The Swedish a Sweden two Swedes