COMMON ERRORS

NOUNS USED IN PLURAL FORM:

1. The nouns like socks, trousers, pyjamas, stockings, shorts, scissors, spectacles, alms, ashes, assets, riches, remains, goods, etc. are always used in plural form.

Wrong: The scissor is not sharp

Or

The scissors is not sharp.

Right: The scissors are not sharp.

Wrong: The stocking is very tight.

Right: The stockings are very tight.

2. The nouns like cattle, police, gentry, poultry, people, etc. are also used in plural form.

Wrong: The cattle is grazing in the fields.

Or

The cattles are grazing in the fields.

Right: The cattle are grazing in the fields.

Wrong: The police has caught the thief.

Right: The police have caught the thief.