noun
- the forms of words that indicate more than one person, thing, or instance
Usage: grammar
Examples
- Students often struggle with irregular plurals like ‘children’ and ‘mice’.
- The teacher explained how to form plurals by adding -s or -es.
- Some plurals, such as ‘sheep’ and ‘deer’, are the same as their singular forms.
- Latin plurals like ‘alumni’ and ‘phenomena’ are commonly used in English.
- The grammar book has a chapter dedicated to plurals and their rules.
- Foreign plurals can be tricky for English learners to master.