The Plural of Nouns. But: photos, pianos, kilos, kimonos, solos, sopranos, dinamos

The Plural of Nouns

1. a book + -s – books

a table + -s – tables

2. a class + -es – classes

a box + -es – boxes

a dish + -es – dishes

a match + -es – matches

3. a family + -es – families

a day + -s – days

4. a tomato + -es – tomatoes

But: photos, pianos, kilos, kimonos, solos, sopranos, dinamos

5. a wife + -s – wives

a shelf + -es – shelves

But: chiefs, handkerchiefs, roofs, proofs, safes

6. a man – men

a woman – women

a foot – feet

a tooth – teeth

a goose – geese

a mouse – mice

a louse – lice

a child – children

an ox – oxen

a person – people

7. a datum – data

a phenomenon – phenomena

a basis – bases

a nucleus – nuclei

a formula – formulae

8. a boy-friend – boy-friends

a man-of-war – men-of-war

a son-in-law – sons-in-law

a passer-by – passers-by

a forget-me-not – forget-me-nots

9. sheep, deer, fish, swine, fruit, hair

10. advice, information, progress, knowledge, experience, money, rubbish

11. news, wages, contents,

billiards, dominoes, darts etc.

12. pants, pyjamas, trousers, glasses, spectacles, scissors etc.

13. clothes, goods, stairs, savings, arms, surroundings etc.