more than one deer = deer Other irregular plural forms include the following:.Plurals formed in this way are sometimes called irregular plurals or mutated (or mutating) plurals. Singular Plural fish fish sheep sheep barracks barracks foot feet tooth teeth goose geese tooth teeth goose geese child children man men woman women person people mouse mice more than one el f = el ves Irregular plurals: There are several nouns that have irregular plural forms.Plurals of nouns that end in f or fe usually change the f sound to a v sound and add s or -es.

Other nouns ending in o get either o s or oes i the plural forms: o becomes os or oes buffalo buffalo s/buffalo es cargo cargo s/cargo es halo halo s/halo es mosquito mosquito s/mosquito es motto motto s/motto es no no s/no es tornado tornado s/tornado es volcano volcano s/volcano es zero zero s/zero es Pimento s pro pro s solo solo s soprano soprano s studio studio s tattoo tattoo s video video s zoo zoo s Some nouns ending in o break the above rule and get o s in the plural form: o becomes os more than one hero = hero es o becomes oes echo echo es embargo embargo es hero hero es potato potato es tomato tomato es torpedo torpedo es veto veto es.Nouns that end in a consonant + y drop the y and take ies:Ī lot of nouns that end in o take es in the plural: Nouns that end in a vowel + y take the letter s :

Nouns that end in -ch, x, s, z or s-like sounds, however, will require an es for the plural: The plural form of most nouns is created simply by adding the letter ' s'. Box es boy boy s lorry lorr ies potato potato es knife kni ves Spelling of plurals:

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