Singular nouns Plural nouns (see workbook p 49 and **Textbook p 345**) usually simply add to make a noun plural –s nouns ending in need to make them plural. ch, sh, s, x, z –es irregulars see pg 345 in textbook. – wife child wives children knife woman knives women mouse man mice men goose foot geese feet alumnus tooth alumni teeth datum medium data media curriculum thesis curricula theses Collective: a noun that a thing made of many parts is treated as a singular noun even though it expresses a plural idea. flock, family, jury, team Mass (Uncountable; Non-count): cannot be used with an or ending –s –es water, salt, news, butter, furniture, smoke, money Compound nouns: If not hyphenated, ad or –s –es. jumpsuits hencoops drainpipes If hyphenated, the main word (usually the first word) is pluralized. fathers-in-law breaths-of-life mayors-elect Non-hyphenated but . . . the attorneys general Common Nouns/Proper Nouns Common: All the general of the world. Proper nouns: Person Mrs. Chen, John Abernathy, Father Carlos, Prince Edward – Montana, Orange County, The Huntington Library – April, May, June, etc. – Day Monday, Tuesday, etc. – Street Hubbard St, Sunset Blvd., etc. – Company Honeywell International, Budweiser, Activision, etc. – Publication The Wall Street Journal, War and Peace, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, – Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, etc. in Apposition when a noun directly follows another noun and is serving the function of – renaming that first noun, that second noun is an appositive noun. Workbook, p. 87
Singular nouns Plural nouns (see workbook p 49 and **Textbook p 345**) usually simply add –s to make a noun plural nouns ending in ch, sh, s, x, z need –es to make them plural. irregulars – see pg 345 in textbook. wife wives child children knife knives woman women mouse mice man men goose geese foot feet alumnus alumni tooth teeth datum data medium media curriculum curricula thesis theses Collective: a noun that a thing made of many parts is treated as a singular noun even though it expresses a plural idea. flock, family, jury, team Mass (Uncountable; Non-count): cannot be used with an –s or –es ending water, salt, news, butter, furniture, smoke, money Compound nouns: If not hyphenated, ad –s or –es. jumpsuits hencoops drainpipes If hyphenated, the main word (usually the first word) is pluralized. fathers-in-law breaths-of-life mayors-elect Non-hyphenated but . . . the attorneys general Common Nouns/Proper Nouns Common: All the general of the world. Proper nouns: Person – Mrs. Chen, John Abernathy, Father Carlos, Prince Edward – Montana, Orange County, The Huntington Library – April, May, June, etc. Day – Monday, Tuesday, etc. Street – Hubbard St, Sunset Blvd., etc. Company – Honeywell International, Budweiser, Activision, etc. Publication – The Wall Street Journal, War and Peace, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, etc. in Apposition – when a noun directly follows another noun and is serving the function of renaming that first noun, that second noun is an appositive noun. Workbook, p. 87
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