... Ns
Countable Ns
can be "counted", they have a singularand
can be "counted", they have a singularand
plural form.
plural form.
E.g.
E.g.
A book, two books, three books ...
Two teas
Two teas
andand
one coffee
one coffee
please.
please.
3. only use
3. only use
many
many
&
&
few
few
with plural countable Ns
with plural countable Ns
Many ... N plural
countable N plural
I eat
I eat
an apple
an apple
every day.
every day.
Apples are
Apples are
good for you
good for you
.
.
2. There is
2. There is
no
no
plural form
plural...
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Rules for Forming Plural Nouns
To form the plural of nouns, follow the rules below.
1. Add s to most nouns.
girl/girls bicycle/bicycles printer/printers
2. Add es to nouns ending is s, x, ... buzz/buzzes church/churches wish/wishes
3. For nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant, change y to i and add es.
fly/flies party/parties daisy/daisies
4. For nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel, ...
8. For nouns ending in f or fe, usually change the f or fe to ves.
leaf/leaves shelf/shelves wolf/wolves
Exceptions: chief/chiefs chef/chefs safe/safes
9. Add s to the end of singular nouns...
... often
use and 38% teachers consider it effective. Teachers should take this into
consideration to meet their students‟ demands.
Finally, a medium number of teachers and students: 50% and 40% ... catch the words and understand what the speakers mean.
The figures show that oral production skill is concentrated while the two skills
reading and writing account for: 24.3% and 15.7% in turn. ... the class atmosphere is very
pleasant and comfortable. In this school, there is also library where teachers and
students can borrow books, magazines and newspapers. However, teaching aids
to...
... installation and operation of computing resources, designed and
developed a data archive, supported faculty and students in their computer
usage, wrote numerous technical papers, and developed and presented ... didn’t understand,
but among the technical jargon, you heard “quick” and “easy,” and “free”
mentioned in the same sentence as PHP and MySQL. Now you want to know
more about using PHP and MySQL ... You tell PHP the name of the database and
where it is, and PHP handles the details. It connects to the database, passes
your instructions to the database, and returns the database response to...
... Some nouns non- plurals with „s‟ are uncountable nouns.
Uncountable noun do not have regular form and take a singular verb. The
singular category includes uncountable nounsand proper nouns. ... between countable and uncountable nouns in English and
Vietnamese. On basically, countable and uncountable nouns in English and
Vietnamese have some similar point. However, some nouns in Vietnamese ... understand and memorize.
Especially, students have difficulty in studying English countable and
uncountable nouns. For one thing, the determination of what nouns are
countable and what nouns...
... P. Cheremisinoff and Paul N. Cheremisinoff
33.
Catalysis of Organic Reactions,
edited by Paul N. Rylander,
Harold Greenfield, and Robert L. Augustine
34.
Powder and Bulk Solids Handling Processes: ... the use of the names, and due care should
be applied to the qualification of the particular sample.
1.4.7 BITUMINOUS ROCK AND BITUMINOUS SAND
Bituminous rock and bituminous sand (see also bitumen, ... filling in veins and fissures in fractured rocks or
impregnating relatively shallow sand, sandstone, and limestone strata. The deposits contain
as much as 20% bituminous material, and if the organic...
... (1.8) and (1.9) in radians are also in common use and
are
written
Qrn
Q,,
=
~
(gH)5/4
’
(1.8a)
(1.9a)
There is a simple connection between
N,
and
N,,
(and between
52,
and Q,p). ... those written
by Cengel and Boles
(1994),
Douglas, Gasiorek and Swaf!ield
(1995),
Rogers and
Mayhew
(1992)
and Reynolds and Perkins
(1977).
It
is worth remembering that
these laws ...
Mechanics of Fluids
(4th edn.). Van Nostrand.
Pearsall,
I.
S.
(1966). The design and performance
of
supercavitating pumps.
Proc. of Sympo-
sium on
Pump
Design, Testing and Operation,
N.E.L.,...