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Identify Singular/Plural Noun & verb ?? 13 Oct 2008, 10:50
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How do I recognize whether a given word is Singular noun/verb vs Plural noun/verb. I know this may be very trivial for many. But I don't know how to recognize.

Many nouns take 's' at the end to form plural noun. However does the verb take it too ??

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decline - ?? noun or verb ? singular/plural

ensure or ensures -- verb or noun ??

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How do I recognize whether a given word is Singular noun/verb vs Plural noun/verb. I know this may be very trivial for many. But I don't know how to recognize.

Many nouns take 's' at the end to form plural noun. However does the verb take it too ??

For eg.

decline - ?? noun or verb ? singular/plural

ensure or ensures -- verb or noun ??

Guru's pls help.
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Go through this one. This will help you clear many basics. (This one is legally free)

https://www.manhattanreview.com/download ... -Guide.pdf

Then go through the Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction guide. (You may have to buy or borrow this one)
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Hi,
I am in the same boat as mbaobsessed. egmat or Magoosh can you kindly provide your pointers on this. It will help a lot!
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For the plural form of most nouns, add s.

bottle – bottles
cup – cups
pencil – pencils
desk – desks
sticker – stickers
window – windows
For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es.

box – boxes
watch – watches
moss – mosses
bus – buses
For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es.

wolf – wolves
wife – wives
leaf – leaves
life – lives
Some nouns have different plural forms.

child – children
woman – women
man – men
mouse – mice
goose – geese
Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules.

baby – babies
toy – toys
kidney – kidneys
potato – potatoes
memo – memos
stereo – stereos
A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.

sheep – sheep
deer – deer
series – series
species – species

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