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Problems With Nouns With some nouns, it is not obvious that they are singular or plural: 1. Names of places or things are singular, e.g. countries (the United States, the Netherlands), organizations (the United Nations). 2. 'News' is singular. 3. Fields of studies are singular, e.g. economics, physics, mathematics, statistics. 4. Diseases or medical conditions are singular, e.g. diabetes, measles, mumps, rabies, rickets, shingles. 5. Expressions of measurements (time, money, distance, weight) are singular, e.g. three days, one hundred dollars, two miles, fifty pounds. 6. Arithmetic expressions use singular verbs. 7. Some nouns are plural even though they do not end with -s or -es, e.g. police, cattle, people, sheep, fish, staff, faculty. 8. Languages are singular, but a noun that means the people of a country takes a plural verb. 9. When an adjective is preceded by 'the', it means the people with that quality or characteristic (the poor = the poor people, the rich = the rich people, the disabled = the disabled people) and it requires a plural noun.
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PROBLEMS WITH NOUNS ENDING IN -S
Sometimes a proper noun that ends in –s is singular: If the noun can be substituted with the pronoun ‘it’, it will be singular.
1. The United States is big. 2. The Philippines consists of more than 7,000 islands. 3. Sears is a department store.
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Words that end in –s : ‘News’ is singular. Fields of study that ends in –ics require singular verbs. Certain illness that ends in –s are singular: diabetes, measles, mumps, rabies, rickets, shingles.
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Expressions of: time, money, and distance usually require singular verbs.
Eight hour of sleep enough. Ten dollar too much to pay. Five thousand mile too far to travel.
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•Two and two is four. •Two and two equals four. •Two plus two is four. •Five times five is twenty-five.
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plural nouns that do not end in -s or – es, e.g. police, cattle, people, sheep, fish, staff, faculty, require plural verbs. Those people are from Canada. The police have been called. Cattle are domestic animals.
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Languages are singular. For example: English, Arabic. SINGULAR VERB English is spoken in many countries. Arabic is my native language.
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A noun that means the people of a country takes a plural verb e.g. the English, the Chinese, the Japanese.
PLURAL VERB
The Chinese drink green tea.
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Some nouns of nationality that end in –sh, -ese, and –ch can mean either language or people, e.g., English, Chinese, French. SINGULAR VERB
PLURAL VERB
French is a common The French are friendly language. people. Japanese is a The Japanese are difficult language. workaholic.
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A few adjectives can be preceded by the and used as plural nouns (without final –s) to refer to people who have that quality, e.g., the young, the dead.
PLURAL VERB
The poor have many problems. The rich get richer..
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Problems With Nouns With some nouns, it is not obvious that they are singular or plural: 1. Names of places or things are singular, e.g. countries (the United States, the Netherlands), organizations (the United Nations). 2. 'News' is singular. 3. Fields of studies are singular, e.g. economics, physics, mathematics, statistics. 4. Diseases or medical conditions are singular, e.g. diabetes, measles, mumps, rabies, rickets, shingles. 5. Expressions of measurements (time, money, distance, weight) are singular, e.g. three days, one hundred dollars, two miles, fifty pounds. 6. Arithmetic expressions use singular verbs. 7. Some nouns are plural even though they do not end with -s or -es, e.g. police, cattle, people, sheep, fish, staff, faculty. 8. Languages are singular, but a noun that means the people of a country takes a plural verb. 9. When an adjective is preceded by 'the', it means the people with that quality or characteristic (the poor = the poor people, the rich = the rich people, the disabled = the disabled people) and it requires a plural noun.
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PROBLEMS WITH NOUNS ENDING IN -S
Sometimes a proper noun that ends in –s is singular: If the noun can be substituted with the pronoun ‘it’, it will be singular.
1. The United States is big. 2. The Philippines consists of more than 7,000 islands. 3. Sears is a department store.
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Words that end in –s : ‘News’ is singular. Fields of study that ends in –ics require singular verbs. Certain illness that ends in –s are singular: diabetes, measles, mumps, rabies, rickets, shingles.
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Expressions of: time, money, and distance usually require singular verbs.
Eight hour of sleep enough. Ten dollar too much to pay. Five thousand mile too far to travel.
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•Two and two is four. •Two and two equals four. •Two plus two is four. •Five times five is twenty-five.
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plural nouns that do not end in -s or – es, e.g. police, cattle, people, sheep, fish, staff, faculty, require plural verbs. Those people are from Canada. The police have been called. Cattle are domestic animals.
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Languages are singular. For example: English, Arabic. SINGULAR VERB English is spoken in many countries. Arabic is my native language.
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A noun that means the people of a country takes a plural verb e.g. the English, the Chinese, the Japanese.
PLURAL VERB
The Chinese drink green tea.
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Some nouns of nationality that end in –sh, -ese, and –ch can mean either language or people, e.g., English, Chinese, French. SINGULAR VERB
PLURAL VERB
French is a common The French are friendly language. people. Japanese is a The Japanese are difficult language. workaholic.
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A few adjectives can be preceded by the and used as plural nouns (without final –s) to refer to people who have that quality, e.g., the young, the dead.
PLURAL VERB
The poor have many problems. The rich get richer..
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