Plural Nouns (Litany)
As numerous as the heavenly bodies
The plural form of the nouns like these
By adding –s to the singular
Of nouns like table, stable, gardener, flower
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Tables
Stables
Gardeners
Flowers
As numerous as the heavenly bodies
The plural form of the nouns like these
Nouns ending with –sh, ch, x, or s
Form their plurals by adding –es
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Glasses, boxes
Asses, foxes
Bushes, arches
Brushes, stitches
As numerous as the leaves on all the trees
The plural form of the nouns like these
Nouns ending with –y
Before which there is no vowel, form their plurals
By changing the –y
To –i before adding –es to their calls
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Berries, cities
Diaries, injuries
Collieries, colonies
Companies, factories
As numerous as the leaves on all the trees
The plural form of the nouns like these
Nouns ending with –y
Before which there is a vowel, form their plurals
Do not change the –y
But by just adding –s only to their calls
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Keys and boys
Guys and toys
Monkeys, donkeys
Turkeys, jockeys
Trolleys, pulleys
Kidneys, journeys, chimneys
Days and holidays
As numerous as the germs of a disease
The plural form of the nouns like these
Some nouns which end in –f
Form plurals changing –f
To –v and adding –es
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Leaves
Sheaves
Loaves, thieves
Shelves, calves
Wolves, halves
As numerous as the germs of a disease
The plural form of the nouns like these
A few ending with –f
Merely add an –s
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Hoofs, handkerchiefs
Gulfs, waifs, and chiefs
As numerous as the sands before the seas
The plural form of the nouns like these
If the noun ends with –fe
The –fe is changed to v
-es is added to thee
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Wives
Lives
Knives
As numerous as the sands before the seas
The plural form of the nouns like these
Nouns ending with –o some add –s
And others by adding –es
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Tornadoes and torpedoes
Potatoes and mosquitoes
Buffaloes and tomatoes
Mangoes and cargoes
Heroes and echoes
Dynamos and Eskimos
Pianos and sopranos
Solos and banjos
As numerous as the specks of dust in the breeze
The plural form of the nouns like these
Several nouns that have no singular form
From the English language that’s how they come
It’s not scissor
It’s not trouser
But scissors
Or trousers
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Shears and breeches
Shorts and braces
Barracks, bellows
Pants and gallows
Pliers, pincers
As numerous as the specks of dust in the breeze
The plural form of the nouns like these
Nouns have the same form for plural and singular
As the same as anything and its metaphor
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One sheep
Many sheep
One deer
Many deer
One salmon
Many salmon
As numerous as the persons we call Chinese
The plural form of the nouns like these
Some nouns are formed by changing a vowel
Or by adding –en as I show and tell
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Feet
Geese
Men
Oxen
Children
As numerous as the persons we call Chinese
The plural form of the nouns like these
Some compound words are formed by adding –s
To the first word only and nothing less
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Sons-in-law
Daughters-in-law
Maids-of-honour
Passers-by
And I will end as I say goodbye