wife wives
safe safes
knife knives
Sure! Here are some examples:
Singular: wife
Plural: wives
Singular: knife
Plural: knives
Singular: life
Plural: lives
In Spanish, nouns can be singular or plural. The ending of a noun often changes to indicate plural form. For example, "gato" (cat) becomes "gatos" in plural form.
For singular words ending in "f", the general rule is to change the "f" to "ves" to form the plural. For example, "leaf" becomes "leaves", "wolf" becomes "wolves".
The English language contains many words where the plural form is shorter than the singular. Most of these are words we have taken from foreign languages. The archetypical example is Latin words ending in -um; the plural ends in -a. e.g. datum - pl. data ; erratum - pl errata ; stratum - pl. strata ; (e.g. stands for exemplum gratum, meaning example given. pl -exempla grata)
To make words ending in "is" plural, change "is" to "es" at the end of the word. For example, "analysis" becomes "analyses," and "thesis" becomes "theses."
No, not all words have a distinct plural possessive form. Some singular possessive forms can be used to indicate possession for both singular and plural nouns. For example, "children's" can be used for the plural possessive of "child" and "children."
It takes a plural verb. example, His mathematics are weak.
Yes, "lyric" can refer to a single set of words in a song or poem (singular) or to multiple sets of words (plural). For example, "The lyric of this song is beautiful" (singular) and "The lyrics of these songs are catchy" (plural).
The English language contains many words where the plural form is shorter than the singular. Most of these are words we have taken from foreign languages. The archetypical example is Latin words ending in -um; the plural ends in -a. e.g. datum - pl. data ; erratum - pl errata ; stratum - pl. strata ; (e.g. stands for exemplum gratum, meaning example given. pl -exempla grata)
Because "stimulus" is a Latin word. In Latin, most words ending in "-us" form the plural in "i". They keep this in English.
what are the greek words end by 'on' in singular and change to 'a' in plural?
The word tree is a singular noun; the plural form is trees. example: We replaced the dead tree with two new trees. It is not one of those words where the singular and plural forms are the same, like the word deer.
The plural of gymnasium is gymnasiums or gymnasia.
Data, the media, statistics and politics for a few.
Plural
Some example nouns that are the same for singular and plural are:aircraftarchivesbinocularsbisonchalkdeerelkglassesheadquartersmoosenewsoffspringpajamaspantspolicereindeersalmonscissorsseriessheepspeciesswine
To form the plural of words that end in "z," we usually double the "z" and add "es." For example, the plural of "buzz" is "buzzes." The plural of "whiz" is "whizzes."
The plural form for the noun army is armies.To form the plural for words ending in y preceded by a consonant:change the y into ie and add s.