Theorie:
Study the exceptions with plural and singular nouns.
These things are always plural in English:
Scissors
Glasses
Trousers
Jeans
Shorts
Tights
Pyjamas
Glasses
Trousers
Jeans
Shorts
Tights
Pyjamas
Do you like jeans?
Do you wear glasses?
But you can say a pair of trousers/pyjamas/etc.
Some plural nouns do not end on -s.
Remember these nouns.
Singular | Plural |
Man | Men |
Woman | Women |
Child | Children |
Foot | Feet |
Tooth | Teeth |
Mouse | Mice |
Sheep | Sheep |
Fish | Fish |
Goose | Geese |
Deer | Deer |
Ox | Oxen |
Person | People |
Crisis | Crises |
Basis | Bases |
Analysis | Analyses |
Phenomenon | Phenomena |
Formula | Formulae |
People - plural
Police - plural
1. The police are here.
2. People are very calm and friendly there.