Referring to coin flipping, heads and tails are not plurals. They are old genitives, and could be written head's and tail's.
The Chang family is called the Changs.
Are is plural. "Is" is singular. For example, "There is a glove on the chair". That is singular. "There are gloves on the chair". That is plural.
Who may be singular or plural.
diagnosis is singular diagnoses is plural sis = singular ses = plural
Atrium is singular - the plural is atria.
their is plural and his/her is singular
The Chang family is called the Changs.
"Inch" is the singular, "inches" is the plural. The singular would be used when there is 1, the plural when there are more than 1.
Either. Singular would be "I have not called," or "I am not angry." Plural is "They have not called," or "They are not angry." Not is an adverb, so it doesn't change form.
Either. Singular would be "I have not called," or "I am not angry." Plural is "They have not called," or "They are not angry." Not is an adverb, so it doesn't change form.
When the subject is plural rather than singular.
After "no," we use a singular noun. For example, "No child" instead of "No children."
The personal pronoun 'you' functions as both singular and plural.The pronoun 'you' takes the place of a singular, plural , or a compound antecedent.The verb to be (or auxiliary verb) 'are' is always used for both the singular and plural 'you'.Examples:Jack, you are a good friend. (singular)Jack and Jim, you are such good friends. (plural)Children, you are excused. (plural)
practitioner is singular (plural practitioners)sofa is singular (plural sofas)satellite is singular (plural satellites)clips is plural (singular clip)dentist is singular (plural dentists)dollars is plural (singular dollar)article is singular (plural articles)magazines is plural (singular magazine)laminator is singular (laminators is plural)radios is plural (singular radio)
In the present English language 'you' is singular or plural, unlike in most other languages which have separate words for singular and plural 'you'. We used to have a singular 'you: 'thou', the expression was 'thou hast' instead of 'you have'.
singular and plural
Singular: book / Plural: books Singular: cat / Plural: cats Singular: child / Plural: children Singular: foot / Plural: feet