Noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place or thing. Here are some rules of nouns which should be used while making sentences.
These rules will be very helpful in common error problems.
Rule: Some nouns are always singular. These are uncountable nouns. Articles A/An are not used with these nouns.
These nouns are:
Machinery, Work, Wood, Dust, Traffic, Electricity, Scenery, Poetry, Furniture, Advice, Luggage, Information, Luggage, Hair, Money, Language, Business, Mischief, Knowledge, Bread, Stationery, Crockery, Baggage, Postage, Wastage, , Jewellery, Breakage etc.
Ex:
- He gave me information.
- Sachin transported his furniture by Truck.
- Rishma has good knowledge of grammar.
Rule: Some nouns are always in plural form they don’t have singular form. Plural verb is used with them.
These nouns are:
Cattle, Assets, Alms, Police, Amends, Annals, Archives, Ashes, Arrears, Athletics, Wages, Auspices, Species, Scissors, Gentry, Trousers, Pants, Clippers, Shambles, Bellows, Gallows, Fangs, Measles, Eyeglasses, Tidings, Goggles, Belongings, Breeches, Braces, Binoculars, Dregs, Entrails, Embers, Fireworks, Lees, Odds, Outskirts, Particulars, Proceeds, Proceedings, Riches, Bowels, Remains, Shears, Spectacles, Surroundings, Tactics, Tongs, Vegetables, Valuables, Etc.
Ex:
- Cattle are not allowed to enter that ground.
- These pants are good.
- These poultry are mine.
Rule: Some nouns have the same form in singular as well as in plural form.
These nouns are:
Sheep, Fish, Crew, Family, Team, Carp, Pike, Trout, Deer, Aircraft, Counsel, Swine, Vermin, Species Etc.
Ex:
- A deer is grazing in the field.
Deer are grazing in the field. - Sparrow is now a rare species.
There are many species of cow.
Rule: Nouns expressing number like hundred, dozen, score etc are used in singular with numerical adjectives.
These nouns are:
Hundred, Pair, Score, Stone, Dozen, Thousand, Million, Billion, Gross, Etc.
Ex:
- Sumit bought four dozen apples.
- Samir got five hundred rupees.
- Deepika has two pair of sandles.
Rule: Plural noun is used after One of, Neither of, Either of, and Each of.
Ex:
- One of my friends is an Engineer.
- Either of them will come.
- Neither of the students hasRu failed.
Rule: Some nouns look plural but have singular meaning. Singular verb is used with them.
These nouns are:
Summons, News, Politics, Physics, Economics, Mechanics, Mathematics, Measles, Ethics, Rickets, Billiards, Draughts, Innings, etc.
Ex:
- I have a good news.
- Economics is my favourite subject.
- It was a good innings by India.
Rule: Some nouns look singular but have plural meaning. Plural verb is used with them.
These nouns are:
Infantry, Children, Cattle, Cavalry, Poultry, Peasantry, Gentry, Police, Clergy, Etc.
Ex:
- Children are playing in the ground.
- Cattle are not allowed to enter in the ground.
- Police are coming.
