The noun (2)

Some nouns are always plural, other nouns are always singular. This is one of the subjects dealt with in this chapter. Is, for example, the word ‘police’ singular or plural? The answer is to be found in the following headline:

Police find stolen Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece

1 Countable and uncountable nouns

(1) countable nouns: table(s), house(s), computer(s)

(2) uncountable nouns: music, milk, advice, information

The two main types of nouns are countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

Countable nouns can take a/an and have a plural e.g. a dog – two dogs. (1)

Uncountable nouns cannot take a/an and they have no plural. (2)

2 Irregular plurals https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table"> man - men goose - geese child - children Englishman etc. - Englishmen tooth - teeth mouse - mice woman - women foot - feet Note: Englishmen, Dutchmen, Irishmen, Frenchmen, but Romans and Germans.