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Countable Nouns

A countable noun may name one thing or more than one thing.

Here are some examples.

cup - one cups - many

yak - one yaks - many

man - one men - many

bush - one bushes - many

Rules for making plurals

Rule 1: We add s to some nouns to make them mean more than one. We

have added s to the cat and the girl to make them mean more

than one.

cat cats girl girls

Rule 2: We add es to some nouns to make them mean more than one. We

have added es to tomato and mango to make them mean more

than one.

tomato tomatoes mango mangoes

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