Tham khảo tài liệu 'oxford guide to english grammar part 28', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | PAGE 183 145 The plural of nouns e Nouns which describe feelings are usually uncountable . fear hope. But some can be countable especially for feelings about something specific. a fear of dogs hopes for thefuture doubts about the wisdom of the decision an intense dislike ofquiz shows Pity shame wonder relief pleasure and delight are singular as complement. It seemed a pity to break up the party. Thanks very much. It s a pleasure. f When ordering food or drink or talking about portions we can use countable nouns. I ll have a lager. a glass of lager Three coffees please. three cups of coffee Two sugars. two spoonfuls of sugar Some nouns can be countable with the meaning kind s of. These lagers are all the same. kinds of lager There are lots of different grasses. kinds of grass You can get a meal here. You can buy different kinds of food here. 145 The plural of nouns 1 Form a A countable noun door plane stewardess has both a singular and a plural form. To form the plural we add s doors planes or es stewardesses . NOTE a There are some spelling rules for noun plurals. Adding es after a sibilant sound dish dishes 290 1 Y changing to ie baby babies 294 b For pronunciation of the s es ending 290 3 . b Some nouns have an irregular plural . man men. 295 c To form the plural of a compound noun or of two nouns together we add s es to the end. weekends bedrooms motor-bikes glass dishes We also add s es to the end of a noun formed from a verb adverb. breakdowns walk-outs check-ups When a prepositional phrase comes after the noun we add s es to the noun. Doctors ofPhilosophy mothers-in-law And when an adverb follows a noun in er we add s es to the noun. passers-by runners-up 17 NOUNS AND NOUN PHRASES In expressions with man woman noun both parts change to the plural. womenjockeys jockeys who are women d After a year or an abbreviation the plural ending can be apostrophe s. the 1950s the 1950 s mostMPs mostMP s 2 Use a We use the singular to talk about one thing. The door .
