*SINGULAR & PLURALS*
Singular 》 only one noun
Plural 》 more than one noun
*1. Adding 's':-*
Book - Books
Star - Stars
Dog - Dogs
*2. If the singular noun ends in _o, s, SS, ch, sh, x, z then add the following to the end :-*
Hero - Heroes
Class - Classes
Ass - Asses
Watch - Watches
Brush - Brushes
Box - Boxes
Blitz - Blitzes
~Exception~ :
Zoo -Zoos
Piano -Pianos
Studio -Studios
Photo -Photos
Auto -Autos
Dynamo -Dynamos
*3. Ending in 'y' :-*
*i. If 'y' has a consonant sound, then drop the 'y' and add 'IES':*
Lady - ladies
Fly - flies
City - cities
Baby - babies
Story - stories
*ii. If 'y' has a vowel sound, then add 's' :*
Key - keys
Toy - toys
Donkey - donkeys
Monkey - monkeys
*4. Ending in 'f' or 'Fe', drop 'f' or 'Fe' and add the following by rules :-*
Life - lives
Wife - wives
Leaf - leaves
Wolf - wolves
Half - halves
~Exception:~
Grief - griefs
Chief - chiefs
Chef - chefs
Cliff - cliffs
Proof - proofs
Roof - roofs
Gulf - gulfs
Belief - beliefs
*5. Changing the inside vowel :-*
Man - men
Foot - feet
Woman - women
Goose - geese
Tooth - teeth
Louse - lice
Mouse - mice
*6. Adding 'en' :-*
Ox- oxen
Child-children
*7. Always plural :-*
People
Poultry
Military
Scissors
Shorts
Savings
Drawers
Pants
Thanks
Trousers
Tongs
Alms
8. *I 》 e :-*
Axis - axes
Basis - bases
Crisis - crises
Thesis - theses
Analysis - analyses
Diagnosis - diagnoses
*9. X (drop) 》 ices (add)*
Matrix - matrices
Index - Indices
Appendix - appendices
*10. Us (drop) 》 i (add)*
Abacus - abaci
Alumnus - Alumni
Bacillus - bacilli
Locus - loci
Fungus - fungi
Radius - radii
Nucleus - nuclei
Syllabus - syllabi
Cactus - cacti
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