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TODAY OUR TOPIC IS NUMBER THEORY IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
NUMBER THEORY IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
Unlike mathematics, English grammar
deals in only two numbers, one and more
than one, if the number is one; it is singular, if it is more than one; it is plural,
it is the simplest number theory in the whole universe. That’s why we say, English is the simplest language to learn,
that’s why English is the highest used international language #today.
Theory of number in English grammar.
Study the tables given below.
|
Singular
|
plural
|
|
Pen
|
Pens
|
|
Fox
|
Foxes
|
|
Child
|
Children
|
|
Woman
|
Women
|
Singular is one unit of the object
stated and plural is more than one unit of the same. This is the simple theory
of the English number system. Learn it very carefully, because the tense system of English grammar is
bigly influenced by this simple system. When we will discuss about tense in our
coming chapters, this number system will play a significant role.
Below we give you some instructions,
how you can change units from singular to plural.
1.
By adding ‘s’
|
Girl
|
Girls
|
|
Dog
|
dogs
|
2.
By adding ‘es’
|
Glass
|
Glasses
|
|
Fish
|
Fishes
|
|
Batch
|
Batches
|
|
BOX
|
Boxes
|
|
Branch
|
Branches
|
|
Watch
|
Watches
|
3.
‘es’ with those
singular nouns that ends in ‘O’
|
Mango
|
Mangoes
|
|
Buffalo
|
Buffaloes
|
|
Volcano
|
Volcanoes
|
|
Hero
|
Heroes
|
|
Potato
|
Potatoes
|
|
Tomato
|
tomatoes
|
4.
There are some nouns
that ends in ‘O’ and take ‘S’ instead of ‘es’.
|
Dynamo
|
Dynamos
|
|
Kilo
|
Kilos
|
|
Logo
|
Logos
|
|
Stereo
|
Stereos
|
5.
Nouns ending in ‘ Y’ take ‘ies’ to be
plural.
|
Baby
|
Babies
|
|
Lady
|
Ladies
|
|
City
|
Cities
|
6.
Some nouns end in ‘f’ or ‘fe’, they take ‘ves’
to be plural.
|
Wife
|
Wives
|
|
Thief
|
Thieves
|
|
Self
|
Selves
|
7.
There are some exceptional nouns that ends
in ‘f’ and take simply ‘s’ to be plural. However if you use ‘ves’ in the place
of ‘f’ , it will not be wrong.
|
Dwarf
|
Darfs or darves
|
|
Hoof
|
Hoofs or hooves
|
|
Scarf
|
Scarfs or scarves
|
8.
There are a few nouns which change inside
vowels to get plural.
|
Man
|
Men
|
|
Woman
|
Women
|
|
Goose
|
geese
|
9.
There are some nouns that take ‘ren’ to get
plural.
|
Child
|
Children
|
10.
Some nouns are singular and plural alike.
|
Deer
|
Deer
|
|
Aircraft
|
Aircraft
|
|
Species
|
Species
|
11.
There are some nouns which are only plural
having no singular.
|
NO SINGULAR
|
Scissors
|
|
NO SINGULAR
|
Tongs
|
|
NO SINGULAR
|
Spectacles
|
|
NO SINGULAR
|
Bellows
|
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