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The document discusses specific noun categories in English grammar, focusing on nouns that are always singular, always plural, or can be either depending on context. Examples include nouns like 'politics' and 'billiards' which are singular, and 'trousers' and 'scissors' which are always plural. It also includes practice exercises for students to apply the concepts learned.

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ch11, Lec 3

The document discusses specific noun categories in English grammar, focusing on nouns that are always singular, always plural, or can be either depending on context. Examples include nouns like 'politics' and 'billiards' which are singular, and 'trousers' and 'scissors' which are always plural. It also includes practice exercises for students to apply the concepts learned.

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Grammar

Second Year Students


Chapter: 11
Lecture: 3
3. Some nouns are always singular, although
they end with an “s”. These nouns go with the
singular form of the verb and they take “it” as
a pronoun substitute (ex. Politics, economics,
linguistics, mathematics, billiards)
Ex. Politics is a dirty game.
Billiards is a fun game.

Stem -s pl -s sg ps -s pl ps
Politics
Billiards
4. Another group of nouns do not have a singular
form. The nouns in this group are always plural
(ex. Trousers, clothes, scissors, tweezers)
These nouns go with the plural form of the verb
and take “they, them” as pronouns substitutes.
Ex. My trousers are dirty. I need to clean ……….
(they, them).
Stem -s pl -s sg ps -s pl ps

Trousers Trousers
Tweezers Tweezers
5. Few other nouns end with an “s”. These
nouns can be singular or plural according to
the context (ex. Ethics, Oats, Measles,
Mumps)
Ex. Measles is a contagious disease
(singular)(sickness)
Have you ever had them, the measles
(Plural)(the red spots on the skin)

Ex. Ethics is a chanllenging subject.


(Singular)(A philosophic discipline)
His ethics are beyond reproach
(Plural)(beliefs and actions)
Practice with me:
write the paradigmatic forms to these
nouns:
1. Cloth
2. Cattle
3. Sister
4. Mean
5. Grief

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