Notice the change of form in the second word of each pair:
{Tress, trees} {Box, Boxes} {ox,
oxen} {Man, men}
The first word of each pair denotes one thing,
the second word of each pair denotes more than one.
A noun that denotes one person or
thing, is said to be in Singular Number;
as,
Boy, girl, cow, bird, tress, book, epn.
A Noun that denotes more than one
person or thing, is said to be in the Plural
Number; as,
Boys, girls, cows, birds, tress, books, pens.
Thus there are two Numbers in English
- the Singular and the Plural.
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