Unit 46: PLURALS OF UNIT NOUNS

Most unit nouns add S to make the plural, but some are irregular.

Regular

girl girls
face faces

but if the word ends with ch / sh / s / x / y / z / fe, the spelling is a little different. Look at Appendix 5

Here are some useful examples:

[S]:SINGULAR, [P]:PLURAL

[S] person [P] people

[S] man [P] men

[S] woman [P] women

[S] foot [P] feet

[S] tooth [P] teeth

[S] sheep [P] sheep

[S] fish [P] fish

[S] child [P] children

[S] appendix [P] appendices

[S] nucleus [P] nuclei

Those scissors are very sharp.
The pants are too long for me.
I can't see with these glasses.

If we want to count with these words, we use pair:
pair of scissors ( = 1 ), four pairs of pants

For example: clothes, customs (at airports), premises, thanks, wages

Some words do not look plural, but they usually take plural grammar.

For example:
The family are all out at the moment. NOT is
The majority think he is right. NOT thinks
The police are questioning him now. NOT is

NOTICE: News is not a plural. It is a mass noun. Mass nouns do not have a plural form (Unit 47).