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Cats is the regular plural of cat.
What does Plural mean?
Plural usually means a grammar form for more than one; it can also mean made of several kinds or groups.
Dictionary definition
In grammar, plural describes a word form used for more than one person, thing, or instance, and the noun plural names that form. Plural can also describe something made up of several kinds, groups, or viewpoints. English plurals may be regular, irregular, unchanged in form, or used only in the plural.
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Plural in a sentence
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Children is an irregular plural because it is not formed by simply adding s.
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The noun sheep can have the same spelling in the singular and the plural.
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These scissors take a plural verb even when they refer to one tool.
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The festival presented a plural vision of the city through many communities and traditions.
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Which word is an irregular plural?
Teeth is the plural of tooth and changes internally instead of adding s or es.
Practice 2
Which sentence shows a plural-only noun used correctly?
Scissors has a plural form and normally takes these and a plural verb; one item can be called a pair of scissors.
Practice 3
What does plural mean in “a plural society” ?
Outside grammar, plural can describe something containing or recognizing multiple kinds or groups.
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WordPlural.
Partadjective, noun.
MeaningPlural means Plural usually means a grammar form for more than one; it can also mean made of several kinds or groups.
ExampleExample: Cats is the regular plural of cat.
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- ploor · uhl
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- ploor
- Ending
- uhl
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- Put a little extra energy on ploor.
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Word family
Plural word family
Base word
plural
noun
plurals
More than one plural word form.
verb
pluralize
To make or use a word in its plural form.
verb
pluralized
Made or used in a plural form; it can also modify a noun.
verb
pluralizing
Making or using a word in its plural form.
noun
plurality
A large number or variety; in elections, more votes than any rival but not necessarily more than half.
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Hint for students
Plural usually means more than one, but do not rely only on a final s. Check determiners, pronouns, and verb agreement too.
Common mix-up
Not every plural ends in s, and not every word ending in s is plural. Some plurals are irregular or unchanged, some nouns are plural-only, and collective-noun agreement can vary by meaning and regional convention.
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Students classify cards as regular, irregular, unchanged, or plural-only, write an agreement-correct sentence for each, and compare North American and British treatment of one collective noun.
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Sort dogs, children, sheep, and scissors by how their plural works. What evidence in a sentence shows that each is plural?
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