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3) For nouns ending in ‘f’ or ‘fe’, change ‘f’ to ‘v’ and add ‘es’.
Example:
wolf— wolves
leaf — leaves
b. Irregular plural form
1) Some nouns have different plural forms Example:
Child - children
woman - women
man - men
goose - geese
2) Nouns ending in vowels like ‘y’ or ‘o’ do not have definite rules.
Example:
Enemy - enemies
toy - toys
kidney - kidneys
potato - potatoes
photo - photos
stereo - stereos
3) A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.
Example:
sheep - sheep
deer - deer
species - species
3. Articles ‘A/An’ and ‘The’
a. ‘A or ‘an’
‘A’ and ‘an’ are called indefinite articles. Indefinite means no specific. Use ‘a’ or ‘an’ when
you are talking about things in general, not a specific thing. You cannot use ‘a’ or ‘an’ with
plural nouns because they mean one or a single.
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