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Nouns ending in a consonant + -o, form their plurals by adding -es to the singular nouns.

potato – potatoes buff alo – buff aloes
Some nouns ending in consonant + -o form their plurals by adding -s instead of -es

to the singular nouns:

photo – photos zero – zeros piano – pianos

Nouns ending in –f or –fe, form their plurals by changing –f or –fe to

–ves.

half – halves wife – wives knife – knives calf – calves

Some nouns ending in –f do not follow this rule and make their plurals by simply

adding –s to the singular nouns.

chief – chiefs hoof – hoofs brief – briefs

Some nouns form their plurals by changing the form of words.

child – children louse – lice mouse – mice

Some nouns form their plurals by changing their inside vowels.

goose – geese foot – feet man – men tooth – teeth

Some More Formation of Plurals
Singular and Plural Nouns
Some nouns remain the same in both singular and plural forms.

sheep deer fi sh ca� le

fi sh fi sh fi shes

Fishes denote diff erent types of fi sh.

Some nouns are always used in plural forms because they are always in pairs.

trousers scissors tongs shorts

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