Help..Can you please tell me Exceptions in English language like..?

Question

Generally, when pluralizing a word, just add an "s."

apple = apples
cat = cats
The exceptions are:
Words ending in "y" — if there's a consonant before the letter "y," change the "y" to an "ie" before adding an "s":

candy = candies
lady = ladies
Exception to this exception:
If there is a vowel before the "y," just add an "s":

monkey = monkeys
Words ending in "s," "ch," "sh," or "x" — add an "es" to these words:

fox = foxes
dress = dresses
wish = wishes
latch = latches
Words ending in "f" or "fe" — generally, the plural of these words will end in "ves":

life = lives
leaf = leaves

Answer 1

The plural of 'mouse' is 'mice' - completely different.
The plural of 'ox' is 'oxen', not 'oxes', maybe it should be! :)
You add an 'S' to both 'cow' and 'bull', but if you have both sexes, they're 'cattle'.
You usually add '-es' to words ending in an 'O', but not studio, piano, kangaroo, or zoo. They're just 'S".
The plural of 'person' is 'people', also a completely different word.

Grouping types of creatures are both plural and singular - fish, sheep, deer, buffalo ... but 'fishes' is also correct if you mean more than one kind, as in, "Look at all the different colors of fishes in this tank."

Answer 2

Billy's toy — The toy belongs to Billy, so the apostrophe goes after his name.
The girls' house — The house belongs to all the girls, so the apostrophe goes after "girls." IIt does NOT get another "s."
Exception: if the plural form of a word doesn't end in "s," as in women, then add the "s": women's rights.

To show that two words have been combined and letters have been left out, put an apostrophe where the letters were removed:

it's = it is
haven't = have not
she will = she'll
3. Ending words with "ick" or "ic"

When a word ends with an "ick" sound, it will be spelled "ick" if the word has 1 syllable:

trick, pick, stick
Spell it "ic" if it has 2 or more syllables:

clinic, sarcastic, panic
Exceptions are almost all cases of compound words (two words combined to form one word), such as:

candlestick or seasick
If you can separate an "ick" word into two separate smaller words, then it is probably an exception.
4. Adding suffixes to words ending in "e" and "y"

When adding a suffix to a word, there are a few simple patterns that will help.

Words ending in a silent "e"
When the suffix begins with a vowel, drop the "e":

like = liking
noise = noisy

Exception: When the word ends with a "ce" or "ge," keep the "e" when you're adding "able" or "ous" to the word:

service = serviceable
courage = courageous
When the suffix begins with a consonant, keep the "e":


like = likeness
noise = noiseless
use = useful
Words ending in "y"
When there is a consonant before the "y," change the "y" to an "i" before adding a suffix:


beauty = beautiful
worry = worrisome

Exception: When the suffix starts with an "i" keep the "y":

worry = worrying
cry = crying

Answer 3

Other exceptions: deer = deer goose = geese, not gooses

Don't forget about the i after e except after c
exception - weird

Answer 4

Also, sheep and fish are the same for both plural and singular...
xxoo

Answer 5

interesting question

and can someone please tell me the plural of a computer "mouse"


I have a few old _______ lying around.