Regel
Substantiver danner pluralis ved at tilføje "s"
Eksempler:
One dog - two dogs
One dose - two doses
One car - two cars
Enkelte ord tilføjes et -e- hvis ordet slutter på et s eller x i forvejen.
One duchess - two duchesses
One box – two boxes
Undtagelser
Bogstavændring: Konsonant efterfulgt af Y → IES One fly - two flies
Mange substantiver har uregelmæssige flertalsformer (wo)man – (wo)men; child – children; foot – feet; mouse – mice; (him(self) – (them)selves;
eksempel: I myself believe that they must hate themselves for what they have done to me!
Enkelte substantiver kan ikke sættes i pluralis (fx: money, information, furniture, news, advice )
Jeg har mange oplysninger/møbler/råd til dig: I have much information/furniture/advice for you! - What is the news?
Antal angives i nødstilfælde ved hjælp af A PIECE OF: He gave me a piece of good advice that day •
Enkelte substantiver eksisterer kun i pluralis (fx: scissors, police, contents, people, glasses) The police are keeping an eye on you! ➢ Men PEOPLE i betydn. "folkeslag" har almindelig singularis og pluralis (: PEOPLES ). Antal angives ofte ved hjælp af A PAIR OF a pair of scissors.
Gruppebetegnelser henviser til gruppen i singularis og til individerne i pluralis (team, group, class, government, family) My family owns this cat. – her family is poor – Her family always take five o’clock tea
Engelsk bruger logisk pluralis modsat dansk De byttede plads: They changed seats - Halvandet år: One and a half years