Unit 60. flower/flowers (singular and plural)
(существительные в единственном и множественном числе)

singular (= one)
a flower
a week
a baby
a nice place

plural (= two or more)
some flowers
six weeks
two babies
many nice places

Spelling of plural endings			see Appendix 4 (4.1 & 4.2):
-es	after	-s/-sh/-ch/-x:
			bus -> buses dish -> dishes church -> churches box -> boxes
		also	potato -> potatoes tomato -> tomatoes
-y	->	-ies:
			baby -> babies party -> parties dictionary -> dictionaries
		but	-ay -> -ays / -ey -> -eys / -oy -> -oys / -uy -> -uys
			day -> days monkey -> monkeys boy -> boys guy -> guys
-f/-fe	->	-ves
			shelf -> shelves knife -> knives wife -> wives

- Do you wear glasses?
- I need the scissors. Where are they?

a pair of scissors a pair of jeans a pair of tights etc.

- I need a new pair of jeans.
or
- I need some new jeans. (but not “a new jeans”)

a man
a child
one foot
a mouse
a sheep

two men
many children
two feet
some mice
two sleep

a woman

a tooth

a fish

some women

all my teeth

many fish

also: a person -> two people / some people / many people etc.

- She's a nice person. but They are nice people. (not “nice persons”)
- Some people are very stupid. (not “Some people is”)

Police is a plural word:

- The police are coming. (not “The police is coming.”)