What Is A Plural

[roadman]

what is a plural

[chelle7272]

A word that shows it is more than one person or thing

children is the plural of child

[Jackdaw33]

Any noun denoting more than one, usually (but not always) indicated by the addition of 's' or 'es'.

[roadman]

so chickens is the plural of chicken

[elliemay1]

Plural means more than one item, e.g a door (singular), doors(plural)

[Buenchico]

When there's more than one of something.

So,for example, 'boxes' is the plural of 'boxes. (A few words, e.g.'sheep' can be either singular or plural).

[barry1010]

Plural is a word that means more than one. It can mean adding an 's' to the end of a word: one banana, two bananas but not always.
One gateau, two gateaux. One deer, two deer.

[Hopkirk]

Yes and sheep is the plural of ... sheep.

[bobbinwales]

Yes and sheep is the plural of sheep

[bobbinwales]

1 house 2 houses
1 mouse 2 mice

[Buenchico]

Aagh! Ruddy phone! 'Boxes' is the plural of 'box'!

[bobbinwales]

1 Roadman 2 roadmen

[barry1010]

Unless you have more than one computer mouses.

[bobbinwales]

1 stadium 4 stadia

[roadman]

thanks for the examples i now know

[elliemay1]

1 knife, 2 knives

[ToraToraTora]

Plurals is the plural of plural.

[Hopkirk]

Stadiums is acceptable in English

[ToraToraTora]

some plurals have alternatives, eg Octopuses or Octopi, Stadia or stadiums etc. Then there is crisis, the plural of which is crises.

[ToraToraTora]

some plurals are often used as the singular, eg dice.

[ladybirder]

Gosh you've really started something now roadman;-))