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Singular and Plural

In English, there are two types of nouns, countable (nouns with plural forms)  and uncountable (nouns that can't take plural forms) ; therefore, when we are talking about singular and plural we are talking only about countable nouns. Examples uncountable nouns : Water, money, sugar, information, advice, furniture, gas, power, rice... Countable nouns  are divided into two types; regular and irregular   Regular nouns : I.  Nouns to the end of whish we add «S» : n  A house     -----»    houses n  A car       -----»     cars n  A taxi       -----»    taxis II.  Nouns to the end of whish we add «ES» : n  ‘S’  :    a bus     -----»   buses n  ‘SS’  :   a kiss     -----»   kisses n  ‘Ch’  :   a match   -----»  matches n  ‘Sh’  :   a wish    -----»   wishes n  ‘O’  :    a hero   -----»  heroes n  ‘X’  :    a fox     -----»   foxes n  ‘Z’  :    a quiz    -----»  quizzes III.  Nouns ending in «Y» : 1.  If the ‘Y’ preceded by a vowel (