The noun (2)
Piet van der Voort · 2019
Some nouns are always plural , other nouns are always singular . This is one of the subjects dealt with in this chapter. Is, for example, the word ‘police’ singular or plural? The answer is to be found in the following headline: Police find stolen Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece 1 Countable and uncountable nouns (1) countable nouns: table(s), house(s), computer(s) (2) uncountable nouns : music, milk, advice, information The two main types of nouns are countable nouns and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns can take a/an and have a plural e.g . a dog – two dogs . (1) Uncountable nouns cannot take a/an and they have no plural. (2) 2 Irregular plurals man - men goose - geese child - children Englishman etc. - Englishmen tooth - teeth mouse - mice woman - women foot - feet Note: Englishmen, Dutchmen, Irishmen, Frenchmen , but Romans and Germans .