To make plural forms of nouns, you normally add an S
e.g. week - weeks, cup - cups, plane - planes
- If the noun ends in S, Z, X, CH or SH, you normally add ES
e.g. bus - buses, buzz - buzzes, box - boxes, stitch - stitches
- There some nouns that have special (irregular) plural forms to learn
e.g. man-men, woman-women, foot-feet
as well as plurals formed as in the original language
e.g. index-indices, addendum-addenda, cactus-cacti, alga-algae, phenomenon-phenomena
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The plural is valleys.Unlike nouns ending in -y (ally, spy), English nouns ending in -ay or -ey form regular S plurals.
The word explain is a verb. Verbs do not have plurals; only nouns (and pronouns) have plural forms.
There are only plurals for nouns and empty is a adjective, so there is none.
English nouns ending in -ics, such as analytics, statistics and politics, derive from Greek neuter plurals, and are plural in form but singular in meaning, and take a singular verb.
The plural form is CAVES.
Only nouns have plurals. Frustrated is a verb form, or an adjective.
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Yes, nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel form their plurals by adding s. For example, "essay" becomes "essays" and "donkey" becomes "donkeys."
Nouns are made plural by adding -s or -es to form the plural, they are called regular plurals; nouns using another form for the plural are called irregular plurals. Some examples of irregular plurals are:child- childrenwoman- womentooth- teethmouse- miceknife- knivesoasis- oasesgoose- geesecactus- cacti
The plural is valleys.Unlike nouns ending in -y (ally, spy), English nouns ending in -ay or -ey form regular S plurals.
Nouns with the 'usual ending' are called regular plurals; plurals formed by adding -s or -es to the end of the word. Examples are: arches birds cats dogs eggs frogs grapes heroes inches jokes knees locks Nouns that form the plural in some other way are called irregular plurals.
Examples of plurals that are formed by adding an ending:car, carswish, wishesbox, boxeshero, heroesbaby, babieslife, liveschild, childrenformula, formulaeindex, indicesbeau, beaux
You can't. Verbs do not have plural form. Plurals refer to the presence of two or more of something, so are limited to nouns or pronouns.
Nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a vowel form their plurals by adding the letter 's'. Examples:one day, two daysone boy, two boysone play, two playsone blue-jay, two blue-jays
To change a singular noun to its plural form, you typically add an -s, -es, -ies, or change the word entirely. For example, "cat" becomes "cats," "box" becomes "boxes," "lady" becomes "ladies," and "child" becomes "children."
Nouns that change their spelling to form the plural are called irregular plurals. Examples:man; menchild; childrenmouse; micetooth; teethfoot; feetbaby; babiesknife; knivesanalysis; analysesNouns the form the plural by adding -s or -es are called regular plurals. Examples:ball; ballsboss; bosseshand; handsdish; dishesroad; roadswaltz; waltzes
Some nouns that are the same for the singular and the plural are:deerfishelksheepoffspringSome nouns are singular but appear to be plural; words that are a short form for 'a pair of...'. There is no plural for these nouns, the plurals are expressed by using 'pairs of...'. Some examples are:pantsshortsglassesscissorsbinocularsUncountable nouns have no plural form and take a verb for the singular. Some uncountable nouns are:moneyinformationnewsadviceelectricity