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Section 4.3
Forming Routine Plurals
Plural Nouns
Most plural nouns end in ‘s’. To form these plural nouns, you simply add ‘s’ or ‘es’ to the singular forms.
Add ‘s’: clerk = clerks
Smith = Smiths
building = buildings
car = cars
Attorney = attorneys
machines = machines
Brown = Browns
Freid = Freids
Proper Nouns
For proper nouns ending in ‘y’, add ‘s’ to form the plural form.
Connelly = Connellys Haggerty = Haggertys Delaney = Delaneys
Three exceptions:
Allegheny Mountains = the Alleghenies
Rocky Mountains = the Rockies
Smoky Mountains = the Smokies
A singular form of a noun refers to one person, place, or thing.
A plural form of a noun refers to more than one person, place, or thing.
EX: Employee is the singular form, employees the plural.
In order to show possession with a singular noun, add an apostrophe and an ‘s’: employee’s.
In order to show possession with a plural noun, add an apostrophe: employees’.
Plural Nouns
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Section 4.3
Plural Nouns
Nouns are often classified as common or proper.
Common nouns are general names for persons, places, or things, such as accountant, street, and company.
Proper nouns, on the other hand, name specific person, places, or things, such as Linda Rodrigues, Lassen Street, and General Motors.
Nouns Ending in Y
Not all nouns that end in ‘y’ form their plural nouns by adding ‘s’.
Forming Routine Plurals
If a common noun ends in ‘y’, and there’s a vowel (a, e, I, o, u) before the ‘y’, just add ‘s’.
If a noun ends in ‘y’, and there isn’t a vowel before the ‘y’, change ‘y’ to ‘I’ and add ‘es’.
Day = days valley = valleys
toys = toys ray = rays key = keys
Quantity = quantities
secretary = secretaries
company = companies
facility = facilities
Add ‘es’: boss = bosses
tax = taxes
bench = benches
waltz = waltzes
Wish = wishes
Marx = Marxes
Lynch = Lynches
When nouns end in s, x, z, ch, and sh, you must add ‘es’ to the singular form.