Irregular Noun Plurals
There are some Nouns whose plurals are not written in usual way using the rules of regular Nouns. They are called Irregular nouns.
Irregular nouns change to their plurals by changing the vowels, word, or adding a different ending to the word.
Case I: Changing the vowel. For example,
Woman | Women |
Man | Men |
In the above examples, the vowel “a” is replaced by “e”.
Foot | Feet |
Tooth | Teeth |
Write | Wrote |
Case 2: There are some Nouns that do not follow any specific rule or pattern to get their plural.
For example,
For example,
Mouse | Mice |
Louse | Lice |
Goose | Geese |
Child | Children |
Person | People |
Radius | Radii |
Fungus | Fungi |
Cactus | Cacti |
Nucleus | Nuclei |
Datum | Data |
Phenomenon | Phenomena |