Words similar to nouns
Example sentences for: nouns
How can you use “nouns” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The answer is not an easy one, so before trying to put forward some ideas, let us start by looking at how similar nouns and adjectives are classed.
Royal Thoughts on Collective Nouns
The singular is forceps ; the plural forceps , or rarely forcepses . Not like some other usually plural nouns, scissor hold or cut , a wollen trouser , maybe even a lace-trimmed panty , but no sort of “forcep”!
In one dialect of English, the plural of nouns is formed by adding [s] or [z] or [\?\], resulting in forms like [posts] [boyz] and [bus\?\s] for posts, boys and buses .
But historical background offers little help in the management of Safire's syndrome, because criteria for correct use of apostrophes and s 's for proper nouns ending in s are lacking.