Singulars and Plurals
Singulars and Plurals :
The following nouns have different meaning in the singular and the plural.
Advice :
(i) Opinion offered as to what one should do
(ii) Counsel
(iii) information
Advices :
(i) Information
Air :
(i) The mixture of gases which surround the earth
Airs :
(i) Unnatural manners or actions that are intended to make people think one is more important than one really is
(ii) Affected Manners
Good :
(i) Benefit
(ii) Well-being
(iii) Commendable thing
(iv) Something that is beneficial
Goods :
(i) merchandise
(ii) articles for sale
There is a large variety of consumer goods in the shops.
Compass :
(i) Extent, range, a range of interest
Finance is not within the compass of this department.
Compasses :
(i) An instrument for drawing circles
Respect :
(i) Regard
(ii) The feeling that one admires someone or something very much
Respects :
(i) Compliments
(ii) One’s polite formal greetings good wishes
Please send them my respects when you write
Physic :
(i) Medicine - a laxative
Physics :
(i) natural science-the science, concerned with the study of matter and natural forces
Iron :
(i) a metal - an element
Irons :
(i) Fetters
(ii) chain or chains to keep a prisoner from moving
Force :
(i) Strength - natural or physical power
Forces :
(i) troops - the army, navy and air force of a country
In wartime, most young men join the armed forces.
Singulars and Plurals
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