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Plural Nouns
Questions and answers related to the formation of regular and irregular plural nouns in the English language.
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The noun while has no plural. The noun while is a word for an unnamed period of time; or the time, effort, or trouble to do something; for example: That offer isn't worth my while.
The word while is also a conjunction, a preposition, and a verb (while, whiles, whiling, whiled); for example: Let's just while away the afternoon on the patio.
What is grammatically correct - went out in the company or with company of your friends?
"went out in the company of your friends" is correct.
What is the difference between company's and companies?
The form company's is a possessive noun, showing that something belongs to the company, such as:
"That car is the company's asset, not your own"
The form companies is a plural noun, a word for more than one company, such as:
"Among all of the companies, 'John's Tools' was making the most profit"
What is example of plural verb and plural subjact?
plural verb - were
plural subject - boys
The boys were hungry
What is the pulral form of the word sanctuary?
The plural form for the noun sanctuary is sanctuaries.
The plural form for the pronoun 'it' is 'they' for the subject and 'them' for the object of a sentence or clause; fro example:
There is a book on my desk, it is a math book.
There are books on my desk, they are math books.
There are books on my desk, I just bought them.
What is the plural form for larynx?
The plural form for the noun larynx is larynges or larynxes; both are accepted.
What is the possessive plural of requests?
The possessive form for the plural noun requests is requests'.
What is the plural of 'The box contained a potato'?
The plural of "The box contained a potato" is "The boxes contained potatoes."
What is the plural for silver?
the noun 'silver' is a uncountable noun, a word for a substance.
A partitive noun (also called a noun counter) is a noun used to count or quantify an uncountable noun; for example, a piece or pieces of silver, an ounce or ounces of silver, a bar or bars of silver, etc.
It would be the house of the Secretaries of State.
How is the plural of a noun ending in y formed?
Drop the -y at the end of the word and replace with -ies; for example fry=fries, baby=babies.
There are a number of nouns ending in -y (usually preceded by a vowel) that only need an -s added after the-y; for example day=days, boy=boys.
What are some plural and singular words for interrogative?
The interrogative pronouns are who, whom, which, whose, and what. All interrogative pronouns can be used for singular or plural noun forms. For example:
singular: Who is the girl in the blue dress? Whatis her name?
plural: Who are the boys on the bicycles? What are their names?
How do you change nouns with x's into plurals?
Most of the time, you can just add -es
Example: foxes, boxes
What are common nouns that do not have s or es?
Nouns that are made plural by adding an 's', 'es', or 'ies' are called regular plurals; nouns that from the plural by another means are called irregular plurals. Some examples of irregular plural common nouns are:
singular / plural
man / men
woman / women
child / children
person / people
mouse / mice
goose / geese
ox / oxen
foot / feet
tooth / teeth
cactus / cacti
datum / data
medium / media
Can you give 20 regular nouns?
Regular nouns are nouns that are made plural by adding -s or -es to the end of the word. Some examples are:
singular: plural
- cake: cakes
- dog: dogs
- plan: plans
- cookie: cookies
- Oreo: Oreos
- train: trains
- store: stores
- language: languages
- shoe: shoes
- Reebok: Reeboks
- month: months
- day: days
- star: stars
- block: blocks
- farm: farms
- car: cars
- Honda: Hondas
- heart: hearts
- idea: ideas
- river: rivers
Can you give me 20 examples of plural forms of nouns?
Some examples of different types of plural noun forms:
singular: plural
- day: days
- photo: photos
- class: classes
- box: boxes
- hero: heroes
- tomato: tomatoes
- baby: babies
- story: stories
- life: lives
- calf: calves
- foot: feet
- mouse: mice
- child: children
- ox: oxen
- crisis: crises
- oasis: oases
- datum: data
- medium: media
- criterion: criteria
- formula: formulae
