Still, the AP Stylebook holds the line: “In the sense of mass communication, such as magazines, newspapers, the news services, radio, television and online, the word is plural: The news media are ...

Q. We all know that the plural of the word “mouse” is “mice.” However, if I write the word “mouse” 10 times on a piece of paper, would you then refer to them col… ...

Ask yourself whether the name is singular or plural. 2. ... To make a proper name into a plural, simply add S or ES. Mr. Smith plus Mrs ... like “berry,” form the plural with “ies,” as in ...

We're used to things ending in –ies being plurals, but this is another word that's taken unchanged from Latin, and in Latin –ies is a noun suffix, sort of like –tion.

A natural follow-up to my last column about words that live in the plural seemed to be one about words that don't get the regular "s" at the end.

Turning one into many isn't always as simple as adding an 's'! Learn how to spell plural nouns with BBC Bitesize KS3 English. BBC Homepage. ... Add an 'es' Drop the ‘y’ and add ‘ies ...

In other words, they’re singular and plural at the same time. And since verbs are supposed to agree in number with their subjects — one cat is, two cats are — the roughly 200 collective ...

Here's a rule about singular and plural forms that is useful to know when talking about different types of fish. Let's find out more below! There are two plural forms for the word 'fish': 'fish ...

In other words, the use of “they” as a singular pronoun, when the gender of the person is unknown or irrelevant, is nothing new. It’s considered wrong only because 200-plus years of ...

In the case of plurals, some get 's', some don't. January 22, ... Numerous sheep, bison and swine are the same as the words in singular form. Did the bison party with the swine on Noah's Ark?