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Nouns ending in -S
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moravc
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Nouns ending in -S
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I am trying to think of singular nouns that end in S although they are not plural: lyrics, charts, outdoors, customs (Dover), lens, blues, in-laws, origins, politics, baker�s, butcher�s, classes (=education), holidays, draughts, Maths, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, linguistics, atletics, gymnastics, accoustics, stylistics, tactics, optics, electronics, perks, wages, earnings, series, species, spices + herbs, suburbs, dominoes, billiards, darts,
rhinoceros, ethos, cosmos, crisis, radius, fungus, , diabetes, axis, basis, crisi, oasis, analysis, thesis, nucleus, stimulus, terminus, focus, bacillus, corps, measels, mups
Nouns - always plural - no singular - (+aggregate
nouns):
congratulations, contents, thanks, goods, stairs, news, species, barracks, crossroads, headquarters, gallows, ancestors, forebears, descendants, mews, guts
a pair of: trousers, knickers, pyjamas, headphones, scissors, shears, tongs, compasses, binoculars, tweezers, scales,
Plural nouns which are rarely singular or there is a change in meaning:
jeans (x Jean), pants (x pant), shorts (x short (adj.), trunks (x trunk), tights (x tight), origins (origin), highlights (x highlight), characteristics (x characteristic), clothes (x cloth), glasses (x glass), means (x mean), arms (x arm), quarters (x quarter), customs (x custom), spectacles x (spectacle), goods (x good), times (x time), works (x work), woods (x wood),
Anything else comes to your mind? I would like to make a poster on tricky nouns...
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29 Apr 2012
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ascincoquinas
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Hi Moravc! Just came across with these links: hope this helps.
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29 Apr 2012
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moravc
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Thank you Asci, I have checked your links and updated my list.
If anybody else wants to read my list and add some more nouns, I would be really glad for your help!
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29 Apr 2012
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veronika74
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Have a nice day,
gymnastics, phonetics, phonics, linguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, tactics, optics
bellows, pincers, pliers, scales, opera-glasses, shears
axis,basis, crisis, oasis, analysis, thesis
nucleus, stimulus, terminus, focus, bacillus
alms, mews,gas-works,
spectacle-spectacles, time-times, wood-woods, minute-minutes, custom-customs
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30 Apr 2012
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