A noun is considered irregular when
- it is an uncountable mass noun
- the term or phrase ends in a plural
OR - the noun does not follow any of the regular noun pluralization rules
Noun pluralization rules
nouns that end in...
- Most nouns add s to the end.
cat – cats;
car – cars;
team – teams - ch, sh, s, x, or z where es is added to the end
church – churches;
tax – taxes;
pass – passes - f or fe where the f or fe becomes ves where s is added to the end
elf – elves;
loaf – loaves;
thief – thieves - vowel and y where s is added to the end
toy – toys;
boy – boys;
employ – employs - vowel and o add s to the end
video – videos;
studio – studios;
zoo – zoos - consonant and y where y becomes ies
baby – babies;
country – countries;
spy – spies - consonant and o where es is added to the end
hero – heroes;
potato – potatoes;
volcano – volcanoes
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