why is the plural for sheep...sheep? are there any other words like this?

Answer 1

deer salmon trousers scissors

Answer 2

WORDS THE SAME IN SINGULAR AND PLURAL:
cannon, corps, chassis, data, deer, moose, sheep, etc.
The sense in a particular sentence is conveyed by the use of a singular or plural verb.

WORDS PLURAL IN FORM, SINGULAR IN MEANING:
Some take singular verbs: measles, mumps, news.
Others take plural verbs: grits, scissors.

Answer 3

The animals thing tend to be whether you're talking about individuals or talking collectively. So, you refer to species of antelope and fish etc., but you can say antelopes, elks, caribous and fishes, for example.

I disagree with sash windows, by the way - you would never say "sashes windows", but it's not actually a plural in itself.

And, like InnerGuard was saying, things like scissors, trousers and pants don't actually have singular forms - they still take the plural form of the verb (e.g. "scissors cut" rather than "scissors cuts").

Answer 4

Because sheeps sounds silly.

Answer 5

yes, sheep is the plural of sheep! there are also other words such as fish...the plural is fish.

Answer 6

Fish can be made plural by fish if they are all of one species. ie I have twelve goldfish in my tank. If they are of different species then it is fishes. There are many types of fishes in the sea.

Answer 7

Single - Plural
Deer - Deer
Antelope - Antelope
Moose - moose
Elk - Elk
Salmon - Salmon
goldfish - goldfish
scissors - scissors
pants - pants

Answer 8

Yeah, Fish Moose, Deer, Antelope and all that jazz!!!!

Answer 9

Yeah: Moose, Fish, Deer to name a few....funny how they're all animals.

Answer 10

fish and moose

but fish can be plural into fishes if there are more than one kind of fish being refered to