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PLURALS BEFORE SWINE

PLURALS BEFORE SWINE. BLUNDERS WITH NUMBERS. MAKING NOUNS PLURAL. IN GRAMMAR IF IT’S NOT ONE THING IT’S TWO (OR FOUR OR EIGHT) WITHOUT PLURALS YOU COULDN’T EAT A BAG OF PEANUTS AT THE GAME IT WOULD BE PEANUT AFTER PEANUT AFTER PEANUT. ADD “S” OR “ES” OR “IES” DEPENDING ON ENDING.

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PLURALS BEFORE SWINE

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  1. PLURALS BEFORE SWINE BLUNDERS WITH NUMBERS

  2. MAKING NOUNS PLURAL • IN GRAMMAR IF IT’S NOT ONE THING IT’S TWO (OR FOUR OR EIGHT) • WITHOUT PLURALS YOU COULDN’T EAT A BAG OF PEANUTS AT THE GAME IT WOULD BE PEANUT AFTER PEANUT AFTER PEANUT

  3. ADD “S” OR “ES” OR “IES” DEPENDING ON ENDING. IRREGULAR PLURALS (CHILDREN NOT CHILDS) ISSUE BECOMES PROPER NOUNS OR NOUNS WITH SEVERAL PARTS OR WORDS THAT CAN BE SINGULAR OR PLURAL. GO FORTH AND MULTIPLY

  4. KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES • IN MY DAUGHTER’S CLASS THERE ARE TWO LARRIES, THREE JENNIFERS’S, AND TWO SANCHEZ’

  5. HOW NAMES MULTIPLY • FORM A PLURAL BY ADDING “S”. IF THE NAME ENDS IN “S, SH, CH, X, OR Z” ADD “ES” • NO “IES” FOR “Y” • NO APOSTROPHES

  6. HOW NAMES MULTIPLY • CHARLES AND HIS FRIEND CHARLES ARE A COUPLE OF “CHARLESES” • WHEN ELIZA DATED THREE GUYS NAMES HENRY, SHE COULDN’T KEEP HER “HENRYS” STRAIGHT. WHAT’S MORE TWO OF THEM WERE “HIGGINSES” • THE “RICARDOS” AND THE “MERTZES” HAD DINNER WITH THE “SIMPSONS” AND THE “FLANDERSES” AT THE HOME OF THE “CLEAVERS.”

  7. IF A COMPOUND WORD IS SOLID AND HAS NO HYPHEN (-), ADD THE NORMAL PLURAL ENDING OF THE WORD. CHURCHMEN LOVE SOAPBOXES. IF THE WORD IS SPLIT INTO PARTS, WITH OR WITHOUT HYPHENS, ADD THE PLURAL ENDING TO THE ROOT OR MOST IMPORTANT PART: MOTHERS-in-law LIKE TO ATTEND COURTS-martial. COMPOUND FRACTURES

  8. IS MATHEMATICS SINGULAR OR PLURAL? WHAT ABOUT ECONOMICS, ETHICS, OPTICS, POLITICS? IF IT IS USED IN A GENERAL WAY (AS A BRANCH OF STUDY) IT IS SINGULAR IF IT IS USED IN A PARTICULAR WAY (SOMEONE’S SET OF BELIEFS) IT IS PLURAL THE ICS FILES

  9. COUNSELING FOR COUPLES - SINGULAR OR PLURAL GROUP THERAPY - TOTAL, MAJORITY, NUMBER (THE - SINGULAR, A (OF) PLURAL ALL OR NOTHING TWO-FACED WORDS

  10. Y’S AND WHEREFORES • IF A WORD ENDS IN “Y” PRECEDED BY A CONSONANT, DROP THE “Y” AND ADD “IES” LADIES SHOULD NOT SWEAR IN PUBLIC. • IF A WORD ENDS IN “Y” PRECEDED BY A VOWEL ADD “S” BOYS BORN IN ALLEYS CAN GROW UP TO BE ATTORNEYS.

  11. ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO • MOST FORM PLURALS BY ADDING “S” ROMEOS WHO WEAR TATTOOS AND INVITE BIMBOS TO THEIR STUDIOS ARE BAD NEWS. • SMALL NUMBER ADD “ES” HEROES SAVED THE CAROES OF TOMATOES AND POTATOES FROM THE MOSQUITOES AND TORNADOES .

  12. BETWEEN AND FROM:THE NUMBER GAME • WHEN A NOUN FOLLOWS “BETWEEN” OR “FROM”, IS IT SINGULAR OR PLURAL? • THE ELEVATOR STALLED BETWEEN THE NINTH AND TENTH (FLOOR FLOORS), STRANDING THE BOSS FROM THE FIRST TO THE THIRD (WEEK OR WEEKS) IN AUGUST.

  13. BETWEEN AND FROM • BETWEEN IF FOLLOWED BY A PLURAL NOUN • FROM BY A SINGULAR ONE. • THE ELEVATOR STALLED BETWEEN THE NINTH AND TENTH FLOORS, STRANDING THE BOSS FROM THE FIRST TO THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST.

  14. THE SOUL OF KINDNESS:ALL KINDS, TYPES, AND SORTS • I HATE THESE KIND OF MISTAKES! • SINGULARS KIND OF, SORT OF, TYPE OF, STYLE OF ARE PRECEDED BY THIS OR THAT. • PLURALS KINDS OF, SORTS OF, TYPES OF, STYLES OF ARE PRECEDED BY THESE OR THOSE

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