Nouns: Common grammatical errors

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT:

Incorrect: There are sheeps grazing peacefully in the field.

Correct: There are sheep grazing peacefully in the field.

GRAMMAR:

• The plural form of most nouns is made by adding -s, -es or -ies but some nouns have irregular plural forms.
• Some of these plural forms are oxen, children, brethren.The -en ending for plurals is based on Old English form spoken between the mid-5th and mid-12th centuries.
• Some other plural forms are feet, geese, lice.
• There is one more type of plural noun. These nouns have same singular and plural forms, for example, sheep, deer, fish, moose and swine.