Miscellaneous nouns that are plural in form and meaning:
Savings Wages Goods
Minutes Belongings Surroundings
The Outdoors Eaves Victuals
Etc.
Examples of nouns that are plural in form but singular in meaning:pajamaspoliticsnewsglassesbinocularsscissorspantsshortstrouserstongstweezersmathematicsspeciesclothescongratulationsmolassesmumpsphysicseconomicscivicsaerobaticsgymnasticsmeasles
Nouns. as an example: Within a sentence there may be a single noun or a number of nouns.
This statement is not entirely accurate. While many nouns that have plural forms do indeed indicate a plural meaning (e.g. dogs, cats), there are exceptions. For example, the noun "news" is plural in form, but it is used to refer to a singular concept or piece of information. Similarly, the noun "pants" is plural in form, but it represents a singular garment worn on both legs.
agenda-agendum
cats, dogs, apes
Examples of nouns that are plural in form but singular in meaning:pajamaspoliticsnewsglassesbinocularsscissorspantsshortstrouserstongstweezersmathematicsspeciesclothescongratulationsmolassesmumpsphysicseconomicscivicsaerobaticsgymnasticsmeasles
Nouns. as an example: Within a sentence there may be a single noun or a number of nouns.
cats, dogs, apes
This statement is not entirely accurate. While many nouns that have plural forms do indeed indicate a plural meaning (e.g. dogs, cats), there are exceptions. For example, the noun "news" is plural in form, but it is used to refer to a singular concept or piece of information. Similarly, the noun "pants" is plural in form, but it represents a singular garment worn on both legs.
plural-singular nouns
Some mass nouns do have a plural form. A number of mass nouns for substances use the plural form for 'types of' or 'kinds of', for example a menu of teas, sands of different colors, the fishes in the sea. Some mass nouns have a different meaning in their plural form, for example, waters are specifically an area of seawater bordering on and under the control of a country; glasses are specifically drinking vessels or eye wear; goods are specifically commodities or fabric.
agenda-agendum
cats, dogs, apes
No! Consider: trousers jeans pyjamas pants scissors spectacles glasses (meaning spectacles).
The main group of nouns that are always plural in form and meaning are aggregate nouns, words representing an indefinite number of elements or parts; aggregate nouns have no singular form. Examples:accommodationsamendsarchivesarms (weapons)bowelsbrains (intellect)clothescommunicationscongratulationscontentscorpsethicsgoodsintestinesmeaslesnewsspeciesthanksAnother group of nouns that are always plural in form are the binary nouns, words for things that are two parts making up the whole, they are a shortened form for 'a pair of', for example:one pair of glasses, two pairs of glassesbellowsbinocularsforcepsjeanspajamaspantspliersshearsshortsscissorstightstongstrouserstweezers
Nouns that have no plural form are called mass nouns, uncountable nouns, or non-count nouns.
The rules for making proper nouns plural are the same as for making common nouns plural. The plural form is the DaVincis.