{"id":1833,"date":"2021-08-07T04:59:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T04:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br><strong>Irregular plural nouns<\/strong> are nouns that do not become plural by adding <em>-s<\/em> or <em>-es<\/em>, as most nouns in the English language do.<br><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>For "},"modified":"2022-01-31T06:47:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T06:47:44","slug":"irregular-plural-noun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/irregular-plural-noun\/","title":{"rendered":"Irregular Plural Noun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-3499934844\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><br><strong>Irregular plural nouns<\/strong> are nouns that do not become plural by adding <em>-s<\/em> or <em>-es<\/em>, as most nouns in the English language do.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For example,<\/strong> the plural form of <em>man<\/em> is <em>men<\/em>, not <em>mans<\/em>. The plural form of <em>woman<\/em> is <em>women<\/em>, not <em>womans<\/em>. There are hundreds of <strong>irregular plural nouns<\/strong>, and in truth, you must memorize them through reading and speaking.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples of irregular nouns in singular and plural format:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table  class=\" table table-hover\" ><tbody><tr><td><strong>Singular&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Plural<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mouse<\/td><td>Mice<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Foot<\/td><td>Feet<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Child<\/td><td>Children<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Woman<\/td><td>Women<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Person<\/td><td>People<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Man<\/td><td>Men<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Goose<\/td><td>Geese<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n                <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n                <script>\n                     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n                <\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Learn the difference between plural and singular nouns; and different ways to form <strong>Irregular Plural Nouns<\/strong> in English.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>Irregular Plural Nouns<\/strong>: Rules and Examples<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">1. <strong>No Change in the plural<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Some nouns have similar singular and plural. Many of those are the names of animals.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Irregular Plural Nouns Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fish \u2013 fish<\/li><li>Deer \u2013 deer<\/li><li>Moose \u2013 moose<\/li><li>Series \u2013 series<\/li><li>Sheep \u2013 sheep<\/li><li>Trout \u2013 trout<\/li><li>Swine \u2013 swine<\/li><li>Offspring \u2013 offspring<\/li><li>Means \u2013 means<\/li><li>Species \u2013 species<\/li><li>Hovercraft \u2013 hovercraft<\/li><li>Spacecraft \u2013 spacecraft<\/li><li>Aircraft \u2013 aircraft<\/li><li>Barracks \u2013 barracks<\/li><li>Gallows \u2013 gallows<\/li><li>Salmon \u2013 salmon<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">2. <strong>Changing the Spelling of the Singular Noun<\/strong><\/span><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The plural <strong>is usually<\/strong> formed by simply changing the <strong>vowel<\/strong> of the singular.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Irregular Plural Nouns Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Child \u2013 children<\/li><li>Man \u2013 men<\/li><li>Woman \u2013 women<\/li><li>Person \u2013 people<\/li><li>Policeman \u2013 policemen<\/li><li>Foot \u2013 feet<\/li><li>Tooth \u2013 teeth<\/li><li>Goose \u2013 geese<\/li><li>Mouse \u2013 mice<\/li><li>Penny \u2013 pence<\/li><li>Louse \u2013 lice<\/li><li>Ox \u2013 oxen<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n                <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n                <script>\n                     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n                <\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">3. <strong>Irregular Plural Nouns from Latin and Greek<\/strong><\/span><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Final <em>a<\/em> becomes <em>-ae<\/em>, or just adds <em>-s<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>Example :<\/em><\/strong><br>      <em>1. Formula \u2013 formulae\/formulas<\/em><br>      <em><strong>2. <\/strong>Alumna \u2013 alumnae<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Final <em>ex <\/em>or <em>ix <\/em>becomes <em>-ices<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>Example:<\/em><\/strong><br>      <em>1. Vertex \u2013 vertices<\/em><br>      <em>2.<\/em> <em>Matrix \u2013 matrices<\/em><br>      <em>3.<\/em> <em>Appendix \u2013 appendices<\/em><br>      <em>4.<\/em> <em>Index \u2013 indices \/indexes<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Final <em>is<\/em> becomes <em>es<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>Example:<\/em><\/strong><br>       <em>1. Testis \u2013 testes<\/em><br>       <em>2. Axis \u2013 axes<\/em><br>       <em>3. Genesis \u2013 geneses<\/em><br>       <em>4. Nemesis \u2013 nemeses<\/em><br>       <em>5. Crisis \u2013 crises<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Final <em>um <\/em>becomes <em>-a<\/em>, or just adds <em>-s<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>Example:<\/em><\/strong><br>       <em>1. <em>Medium \u2013 media\/ mediums<\/em><br>       2. <em>Spectrum \u2013 spectra<\/em><br>       3. Forum \u2013 fora\/forums<br>       4. Corrigendum \u2013 corrigenda<br>       5. <em>Ovum \u2013 ova<\/em><br>       6. <\/em> <em>Datum \u2013 data<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Final <em>us <\/em>becomes <em>-i <\/em>or <em>-era <\/em>or <em>-ora <\/em>or just adds <em>-es<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>Example:<\/em><\/strong><br>        <em>1. <em>Alumnus \u2013 alumni<\/em><br>        2. <em>Focus \u2013 foci<\/em><br>        3. <em>Corpus \u2013 corpora<\/em><br>        4. <em>Campus \u2013 campuses<\/em><br>        5. <em>Syllabus \u2013 syllabi\/syllabuses<\/em><br>        6. <em>Virus \u2013 viruses\/virii<\/em><br>        7. <em>Octopus \u2013 octopuses<\/em><br>        8.<\/em> <em>Fungus \u2013 fungi<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Final <em>us <\/em>remains unchanged in the plural<\/strong><br><strong>Example:<\/strong><br>        <em>1. <em>Status \u2013 status\/statuses<\/em><br>        2. Meatus \u2013 meatus\/meatuses<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Final <em>on <\/em>becomes <em>-a<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>Example:<\/em><\/strong><br>      <em>1. <em>Phenomenon \u2013 phenomena<\/em><br>      2. <em>Criterion \u2013 criteria<\/em>  <br>      3. <em>Automaton \u2013 automata<\/em><br>      4. Polyhedron \u2013 polyhedra<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Final <em>as <\/em>in one case changes to <em>-antes<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>Example:<\/em><\/strong><br>       <em>1. <em>Atlas \u2013 Atlantes (statues of the Titan)<\/em><br>       2.<\/em> <em>Atlas \u2013 atlases (map collections)<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Final <em>ma <\/em>in nouns of Greek origin can become <em>-mata<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Example:<\/strong><br>      <em>1. <em>Schema \u2013 schemata\/schemas<\/em><br>      2. <em>Anathema \u2013 anathemata\/anathemas<\/em><br>      3. <em>Stigma \u2013 stigmata\/stigmas<\/em><br>      4. <em>Stoma \u2013 stomata\/stomas<\/em><br>      5. Lemma \u2013 lemmata\/lemmas<\/em><br><br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n                <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n                <script>\n                     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n                <\/script>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">4. <strong>Irregular Plural Nouns from Other Languages<\/strong><\/span><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Some nouns of French origin add an -x:<\/strong><br>    1. <em>Beau \u2013 beaux\/beaus<\/em><br>    2. <em>Tableau \u2013 tableaux\/tableaus<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Nouns of Slavic origin add -a or -i according to native rules, or just -s:<\/strong><br>     1. <em>Kobzar \u2013 kobzari\/kobzars<\/em><br>     2. <em>Oblast \u2013 oblasti\/oblasts<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Nouns of Hebrew origin add -im or -ot according to native rules, or just -s:<\/strong><br>      1. <em>Seraph \u2013 seraphim\/seraphs<\/em><br>      2. <em>Kibbutz \u2013 kibbutzim\/kibbutzes<\/em><br>      3. <em>Matzah \u2013 matzot\/matzahs<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Many nouns of Japanese origin have no plural form and do not change:<\/strong><br>       1. <em>Otaku \u2013 otaku<\/em><br>       2. <em>Samurai \u2013 samurai<\/em><br>       3. <em>Benshi \u2013 benshi<\/em><br><br><\/li><li><strong>Nouns from languages other than the above generally form plurals as if they were native English words:<\/strong><br>     1. <em>Pizza \u2013 pizzas<\/em><br>     2. <em>Kangaroo \u2013 kangaroos<\/em><br>     3. <em>Canoe \u2013 canoes<\/em><br>     4. <em>Ninja \u2013 ninjas<\/em><br><br> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Sentence Examples:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>There are several varieties of grass.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The ancient people had a few types of styles of dress.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>There are many different styles of hair.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>There are several varieties of grass.<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n                <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" data-ad-slot=\"3406615517\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n                <script>\n                     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n                <\/script>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irregular plural nouns are nouns that do not become plural by adding -s or -es, as most nouns in the English language do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,26,25],"tags":[29,28,178,177,122],"class_list":["post-1833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noun","category-english","category-english-grammar","tag-english","tag-grammar","tag-irregular-noun","tag-noun","tag-nouns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}