Chapter 7. Number and Gender (Cont'd...)
7.1 Number (cont'd...)
Rule 10: In case of letters, number and sign, the plural is formed with adding ‘s’ to the
end. as for example two B’s, three s’.
Rule 11: There are some nouns that have no plural form. As alphabet, expenditure, furniture,
information, off-spring, poetry, scenery.
Rule 12: The following nouns are plural in form but singular. As: mathematics, news,
physics, politics, gallows, ethics, dynamics, statistics, economics, mechanics,
genetics, athletics, logistics.
Rule 13: Plural in compound nouns (Table 7.11):
Table 7.11 Plural for compound nouns
|Singular ||Plural || Singular ||Plural
| father-in-law ||father-in-laws ||son-in-law ||son-in-laws
|sister-in-law ||sister-in-laws ||mother-in-law ||mother-in-laws
|man of letter ||men of letters ||editor-in-chief ||editors in chief
|maid servant ||maid servants ||commander in chief ||commanders in chief
|handful ||handfuls ||mouthful ||mouthfuls
|Frenchman ||Frenchmen ||postman ||postmen
Rule 14: These nouns are in same form in singular and plural. Deer, sheep, piece,
fish, yoke, dozen, brace, stone.
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