This is not a good place for the concert.ģ. They don't seem to be accurate enough.Īcoustics - The acoustics are very bad in this hall. statistics - We cannot rely on these statistics. linguistics, classics are used in the singular but when they do not refer directly to a science they occur in the plural:Įg. Some nouns ending in -s occur in the singular but the plural is also possible:Į.g.

Brussels or the United States when considered as a unit:Ģ.

Some nouns ending in -s are used in the singular only:Į.g. Before we take a closer look at that impact, however, we have to consider two additional factors.There are a number of nouns which end in -s and form plural forms by adding -es:ġ. The two factors discussed above, count versus non-count and singular versus plural, have a big impact on the English article system. For example, some nouns don't change spelling in the plural (sheep/sheep) or change in dissimilar ways (man/men). However, there are many exceptions that must be learned individually with the help of a dictionary. Other nouns that end in a consonant followed by -y, change to -ies in the plural (poppy/poppies). Some nouns, however, add -es, including nouns that end in -ch (church/churches), -sh (dish/dishes), -ss (princess/princesses), and -x (fax/faxes). In most cases, in order to change a singular count noun into a plural count noun, English adds an the ending -s. My roommate has taken several physics courses. Only count nouns can be singular or plural.įor example, consider the count noun course. Therefore, they can be neither singular nor plural. Non-count nouns can, by definition, not be counted.

What is a singular noun