singular and plural

[anoo.anand]

Someone please help me...how do i recognize that a thing is singular or plural ??

in one of Ron's post it was said::

SpaceCraft is PLURAL .... because we can say 1 spaecraft , 2 spacecraft ??

how ??

Aircraft is it singular or plural ????

[RonPurewal]

Someone please help me...how do i recognize that a thing is singular or plural ??

in one of Ron's post it was said::

SpaceCraft is PLURAL .... because we can say 1 spaecraft , 2 spacecraft ??

how ??

Aircraft is it singular or plural ????

you originally posted this in the wrong folder (this is not a MGMAT CAT problem). i've moved it to the correct folder.

here are some tips in response to this query:

* UNCOUNTABLE MASS NOUNS (furniture, water, height, silverware, athleticism, charisma, ...) are ALWAYS singular.

* SINGULAR COUNTABLE NOUNS must be preceded by an article (a/an/the).

* plural nouns are less predictable, since they may or may not be preceded by articles, depending on idiomatic convention and/or context.

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in general:

* look for OTHER signals about whether the noun in question is singular or plural.
- if you see a PRONOUN that refers to your noun, then you'll know at once (since pronouns always match their nouns in terms of sing/pl).
- if you see a PRESENT TENSE VERB with that noun as subject, then check whether that verb is singular or plural. (note that other tenses of verbs DON'T conjugate sing/pl, with the sole exception of "was"/"were".)

* ... and of course MEMORIZE the sing/pl character of nouns that you encounter in problems!