NOUNS USED IN SINGULAR FORM:
• The following
nouns are generally used in the singular form:
Scenery, information,
clothing, luggage, furniture, advice, machinery, bedding, stationery, news,
offspring, repair, issue, poetry, business, mischief.
Wrong: He has
gathered a lot of informations.
Right: He has
gathered a lot of information.
Wrong: The furnitures
were put to auction.
Right: The furniture
was put to auction.
The following
nouns though plural in form, are used as singular:
(a) Branches of
learning: Mathematics, Economics, Physics, Statistics, etc.
(b) Diseases: Mumps,
measles, etc.
(c) Games and
sports: Billiards, gymnastics, athletic, etc.
(d)
Miscellaneous: News, summons, innings, gallows, etc.
Wrong: The Mathematics
are a scoring subject.
Right: The Mathematics
is a scoring subject.
Wrong: Summons
were served on him.
Right: Summons
was served on him.
3. Expressions
as a ten-naira note, a two-mile walk, a five-year old child, a three-day
workshop, a twenty-man committee are used as singular.
Wrong: I found a
ten-nairas note.
Right: I found a
ten-naira note.
Wrong: She has a
three-years old child.
Right: She has a
three-year old child.
• Words like dozen,
score, head, pair, hundred, million when used after a numeral are used as
singular.
Wrong: I bought
four pairs of socks.
Right: I bought
four pair of socks
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