{"id":3214,"date":"2011-12-08T16:03:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T08:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2023-04-27T20:46:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T20:46:47","slug":"infographic-converting-a-singular-noun-to-a-plural-noun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/infographic-converting-a-singular-noun-to-a-plural-noun\/","title":{"rendered":"[Infographic] Converting a Singular Noun to a Plural Noun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <strong>plural noun<\/strong> is more than one person, place or thing. The majority of nouns in written English are transformed into their plural noun form through the addition of the letter \u201cs\u201d at the end of the word. However, this is not always the case and there are a number of rules that you should be aware of. Our free infographic provides a handy decision tree that you can use to decide how to change the singular form of a noun into the plural form. Simply start at the beginning and answer each question in turn in order to find out what the plural noun form of your word should look like.<\/p>\n<p>Bear in mind, in some cases, words can be both singular and plural. You can read more in our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/101-words-that-are-both-plural-and-singular\/\">words that are both singular and plural<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for more practice advice on using nouns, check out our guides to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/what-are-concrete-nouns\/\">concrete nouns<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/what-are-abstract-nouns\/\">abstract nouns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Plural-noun-decision-tree1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3229 aligncenter\" style=\"border: thick solid #8f8f8f;\" title=\"Plural noun decision tree\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Plural-noun-decision-tree1.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic plural noun decision tree\" width=\"588\" height=\"414\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nYou can download a free high-quality PDF version of this poster\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Plural-noun-decison-tree1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Use this image on your own website free of charge:<\/h3>\n<p>Simply copy and paste the code below to include our poster on your own website absolutely free of charge.<\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"not_clear\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 50px;\" cols=\"50\" readonly=\"readonly\" rows=\"20\">&lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/infographic-converting-a-singular-noun-to-a-plural-noun&#8221;&gt;&lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Plural-noun-decision-tree1.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Plural noun decision tree&#8221; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;[Infographic provided by &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.vappingo.com&#8221;&gt;&lt;em&gt;proofreading services&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;]<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Thirteen rules for changing singular nouns to their plural form<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1. Add s to most nouns.<\/strong><br \/>\ngirl\/girls<br \/>\nbicycle\/bicycles<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Add es to nouns ending is s, x, z, ch, or sh<\/strong>.<br \/>\nclass\/classes<br \/>\nax\/axes buzz\/buzzes<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. For nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant, change y to i and add es.<\/strong><br \/>\nfly\/flies<br \/>\nparty\/parties<br \/>\ndaisy\/daisies<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. For nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel, add s<\/strong>.<br \/>\nmonkey\/monkeys<br \/>\nvalley\/valleys<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. For nouns ending in o preceded by a consonant, add es.<\/strong><br \/>\nhero\/heroes<br \/>\npotato\/potatoes<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.For nouns ending in o preceded by a vowel, add s.<\/strong><br \/>\nOreo\/Oreos<br \/>\nradio\/radios<br \/>\npatio\/patios<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. For musical terms ending in o, add s.<\/strong><br \/>\nsolo\/solos<br \/>\nalto\/altos<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. For nouns ending in f or fe, usually change the f or fe to ves.<\/strong><br \/>\nleaf\/leaves<br \/>\nshelf\/shelves<br \/>\nwolf\/wolves<br \/>\nExceptions: chief\/chiefs<br \/>\nchef\/chefs<br \/>\nsafe\/safes<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Add s to the end of singular nouns ending in ful.<\/strong><br \/>\ncupful\/cupfuls<br \/>\nspoonful\/spoonfuls<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Change the spelling of some words.<\/strong><br \/>\ncactus\/cacti<br \/>\nmouse\/mice<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. Leave some nouns as they are.<\/strong><br \/>\nsheep\/sheep<br \/>\ndeer\/deer<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. Add s to the most important noun in a hyphenated word.<\/strong><br \/>\neditor-in-chief\/editors-in-chief<br \/>\nbrother-in-law\/brothers-in-law<\/p>\n<p><strong>13.\u00a0Add s to proper nouns which do not end in s. Add es to proper nouns which do\u00a0end in s.<\/strong><br \/>\nMr. and Mrs. Walker\/the Walkers<br \/>\nMr. and Mrs. Ross\/the Rosses<br \/>\nprinter\/printers<br \/>\nchurch\/churches<br \/>\nwish\/wishes<br \/>\npiano\/pianos<br \/>\ngoose\/geese<br \/>\nwoman\/women<br \/>\nfish\/fish<br \/>\nmoose\/moose<\/p>\n<p>If you like this, please share it with your social networks using the share bar below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A plural noun is more than one person, place or thing. The majority of nouns in written English are transformed into their plural noun form through the addition of the letter \u201cs\u201d at the end of the word. However, this is not always the case and there are a number of rules that you should &#8230; <a title=\"[Infographic] Converting a Singular Noun to a Plural Noun\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/infographic-converting-a-singular-noun-to-a-plural-noun\/\" aria-label=\"More on [Infographic] Converting a Singular Noun to a Plural Noun\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3214"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9173,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions\/9173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vappingo.com\/word-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}