Project in English (Rules in Forming Plural Nouns) Words pertaining to music that ends in “O” form their plural by adding “S”: Submitted To: Prof. Ramea Romero Submitted By: Your Name Here Clef-Clefs Banjo-Banjos Contralto-Contraltos Most Nouns form the plural by adding “S” to the singular: Some nouns show plural inflection by changes in form: Bridge-Bridges Letter-Letters Slipper-Slippers Man-Men Mouse-Mice Louse-Lice Nouns which end in “S, SH, CH, X, or Z” form the plural by adding “ES”: Nouns ending in “IS” change “I” to “E” in the plural: Ranch-Ranches Wrench-Wrenches Kiss-Kisses Emphasis-Emphases Thesis-Theses Oasis-Oases Nouns ending in “Y” preceded by a consonant form the plural by changing “Y” to “I” and adding “ES”: Foreign nouns ending in “US” form the plural by changing the ending to “I”: Query-Queries Berry-Berries Worry-Worries Nouns ending in “Y” preceded by vowels form the plural merely by adding “S”: Tray-Trays Hay-Hays Ray-Rays Some nouns ending in “F” or “FE” form the plural by changing “F” or “FE” to “V” before adding “S” or “ES”: Thief-Thieves Wolf-Wolves Wife-Wives Nucleus-Nuclei Stimulus-Stimuli Fungus-Fungi Nouns ending in “UM” or “ON” form the plural by changing the ending to “A”: Addendum-Addenda Symposium-Symposia Automaton-Automata Compound nouns form the plural in different ways. In general, “S” or “ES” is added to the more important word: Father-in-law – Fathers-in-law Man-of-War – Men-of-War Notary Public – Notaries Public Some nouns retain “F” in the plural form: Some nouns have the “same singular and plural form”: Gulf-Gulfs Dwarf-Dwarfs Staff-Staffs News-News Pajamas-Pajamas Linguistics-Linguistics Nouns ending in “O” preceded by a vowel form the plural by adding “S”: Some words are “always plural”: Trio-Trios Embryo-Embryos Portfolio-Portfolios Nouns ending in “O” preceded by a consonant form the plural by adding “ES”: Lady-Ladies Echo-Echoes Buffalo-Buffaloes Binoculars-Binoculars Spectacles-Spectacles Tongs-Tongs Plurals of numerals and letters are formed by Adding “ ‘s “: N’s 7’s A’s