We know a lot of singular nouns are changed to plural using an addition of 's' or 'es' at the end of the noun. There are a few that do not conform to this rule. What are they?
1. man -> men; woman -> women; gentleman -> gentlemen; ox -> oxen
2. child -> children
3. tooth -> teeth; foot -> feet; goose -> geese
4. half -> halves; life -> lives; wolf -> wolves; leaf -> leaves
5. baby -> babies; fly -> flies; army -> armies; puppy -> puppies; berry -> berries
6. passer-by -> passers-by; son-in-law -> sons-in-law; bride-to-be to brides-to-be
7. forum -> fora
8. phenomenon -> phenomena
9. criterion -> criteria
10. mouse -> mice
These words are the same for singular or plural:
bison; sheep; fish (some argument here); deer; moose; advice; salmon; bread (and all uncountable nouns)
Some words, however, have two plural forms:
hoof -> hoofs or hooves; dwarf -> dwarfs or dwarves; zero -> zeros or zeroes
Finally, there are some words that seem plural but are really singular:
news; sunglasses; trousers; scissors; spectacles; clothes; goggles; jeans; pliers; binoculars; pyjamas; sandals; stockings; sneakers; slippers; shorts
Anymore non-conformists that we can add on to the list?
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