Plural Nouns

Both are correct depending on the context:

• journeys is the plural form for the singular noun journey
• journey's is the singular possessive form

Examples:

plural: My journeys have now all ended.

possessive: My journey's end will come soon.

The word journeys is also the third person, singular, present, of the verb to journey (journeys, journeying, journeyed):

• He often journeys to Europe.

The pronoun 'he' is the third person, singular form and takes a singular verb, for example:

• John is coming, he is expected at five.

The pronoun 'you' is both the singular and the plural form; a second person singular and plural (noun or pronoun) takes the same verb form, for example:

• Jane, you are a good friend.
• Class, you are all dismissed.

No. The term analysis (examination, study) is singular. The plural is analyses.

(* In British English, the third person singular present tense is also spelled analyses, whereas in US English, the verb is analyzes.)

The noun year is the singular form.

The plural form is years.

example: This year has gone well, better than the last few years.

Yes, the word 'these' as an adjective placed before a noun is to modify a noun as near in time or place.

The word 'these' is also a demonstrative pronoun, a word that takes the place of a plural noun for something near in time or distance. The demonstrative pronouns are: this, that, these, and those.

Examples:

adjective: These shoes will match my new suit.

demonstrative pronoun: These are more expensive than those.

Most nouns ending in o preceded by a vowel are pluralized by simply adding s; for example:

• cameo, cameos
• kangaroo, kangaroos
• studio, studios
• tattoo, tattoos
• video, videos
• zoo, zoos

There are also some nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant that also simply add s; for example:

• auto, autos
• kilo, kilos
• memo, memos
• photo, photos
• piano, pianos
• soprano, sopraos

Some nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant are pluralized by simply adding es; these words must be memorized, because there is no simple rule to explain the differences. Examples:

• echo, echoes
• hero, heroes
• potato, potatoes
• tomato, tomatoes
• tornado, tornadoes
• torpedo, torpedoes

There are also some nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant that simply add s; for example:

• auto, autos
• kilo, kilos
• memo, memos
• photo, photos
• piano, pianos
• soprano, sopraos

A plural noun or pronoun is a word for two or more people, places, or things. For example:

• one car, two cars
• one rabbit, two rabbits
• one person, two people
• Jim, he or him
• Jane, she or her
• Jim and Jane, they or them

A possessive noun or pronoun is a word that shows something in the sentence belongs to that noun or pronoun.

A possessive noun is shown by adding an 's to the end of a noun or just an ' after plural nouns already ending in -s. Examples:

• the car of my mother = my mother's car
• the teacher of our class = our class's teacher
• the coats of the children = the children's coats
• the covers of the books = the books' covers
• the meeting of the bosses = the bosses' meeting

The possessive is also used as a shorthand for something that does not literally belong to that person or thing, it's used in place of 'of' or 'for'. Examples:

• The ladies' room does not belong to ladies, it means that it is designated for the use of ladies.
• A store that sells men's suits doesn't sell suits that belong to some men, it sells suits for men.
• A book of Shakespeare's plays are not plays that belong to Mr. Shakespeare, they are plays written by him.

There are two types of pronoun that show possession, a possessive pronoun and a possessive adjective.

A possessive pronoun takes the place of a noun that belongs to someone or something.

The possessive pronouns are: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs

Example: The house on the corner is ours.

A possessive adjectivedescribes a noun as belonging to someone or something. A possessive adjective is placed just before the noun it describes.

The possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, our, their, its.

Example: Our house is on the corner.

The plural of the noun sister-in-law is sisters-in-law.

The plural possessive is sisters-in-law's.

Example: "Both of my sisters-in-law's cars were in my driveway."

If you really meant cupola (in architecture, a small dome on a roof or ceiling) the plural is cupolas. Cupolae is also correct, though seldom used.

If you did indeed mean copula:

In linguistics, a copula is a word used to link the subject with a predicate in a sentence. In English it is usually a verb. The plural is copulas or copulae.

Note: Focus on the position of the o and u to tell the words apart.