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S: Bee-Bees Pencil-Pencils.: Most of Countable Nouns Form Their Plural Adding

Most countable nouns form their plural by adding -s. Some nouns ending in o, f, or y plus a consonant add -es or change the final letter before adding -es. A few nouns are irregular and completely change their plural form, such as goose/geese and child/children. Learning rules and exceptions helps one properly form the plural of nouns in English.

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S: Bee-Bees Pencil-Pencils.: Most of Countable Nouns Form Their Plural Adding

Most countable nouns form their plural by adding -s. Some nouns ending in o, f, or y plus a consonant add -es or change the final letter before adding -es. A few nouns are irregular and completely change their plural form, such as goose/geese and child/children. Learning rules and exceptions helps one properly form the plural of nouns in English.

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Most of countable nouns form their plural adding s: bee-bees pencil-

pencils.

Some nouns ending in o form their plural


Volcanovolcanoes otato-potatoes Hero-heroes !omato-tomatoes

adding es

Nouns that end in :s-sh-ch-x or z form their plural adding "ox-boxes "us-buses #ompasscompasse s "ranchbranches $ox-foxes %atch&atches

es

%rench&renches

Match-matches

Nouns that end in f change into ves

'lf-elves

!hiefthieves

(eafleaves

Shefshelves

#alf-calves )nife-*nives

%olf&olves

butterflies

stra&berries

Nouns ending in y preceded by consonant form the plural by changing the y to i and adding

candies babies

es
Some nouns are irregular and change in the plural form.

+oosegeese $oot-feet
Mouse-mice

#hild-children
,x-oxen %oman-&omen !ooth-teeth

(earn ho& to form the

plural

Man-men

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