{"id":4564,"date":"2011-07-11T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T14:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=4564"},"modified":"2023-12-06T22:03:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T03:03:02","slug":"common-errors-in-english-irregular-plurals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/common-errors-in-english-irregular-plurals\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Errors in English: Irregular Plurals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Don\u2019t say:<\/span> \u201cI have three childrens.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Say:<\/span> \u201cI have three children.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Or:<\/span> \u201cI have three kids.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>The plural of \u201cchild\u201d is \u201cchildren\u201d \u2013 because the word \u201cchildren\u201d is already plural, we don\u2019t add\u00a0\u201cs.\u201d Another possibility is to say \u201ckids,\u201d which is an alternative word for \u201cchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are\u00a0some more nouns with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/irregular-plurals-of-english-nouns\/\">irregular plurals:<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>person \/ people<\/li>\n<li>man \/ men<\/li>\n<li>woman \/ women<\/li>\n<li>stimulus \/ stimuli<\/li>\n<li>analysis \/ analyses<\/li>\n<li>thesis \/ theses<\/li>\n<li>foot \/ feet<\/li>\n<li>tooth \/ teeth<\/li>\n<li>mouse \/ mice<\/li>\n<li>fish \/ fish<\/li>\n<li>sheep \/ sheep<\/li>\n<li>series \/ series<\/li>\n<li>crisis \/ crises<\/li>\n<li>nucleus \/ nuclei<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Master the details of English grammar:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/advanced-english-grammar-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/aegc-transparent.png\" alt=\"aegc-transparent\" width=\"449\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/aegc-transparent.png 648w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/aegc-transparent-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><a class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/advanced-english-grammar-course\/\"><strong>Learn more about this course<\/strong><\/a><\/center><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t say: \u201cI have three childrens.\u201d Say: \u201cI have three children.\u201d Or: \u201cI have three kids.\u201d The plural of \u201cchild\u201d is \u201cchildren\u201d \u2013 because the word \u201cchildren\u201d is already plural, we don\u2019t add\u00a0\u201cs.\u201d Another possibility is to say \u201ckids,\u201d which is an alternative word for \u201cchildren.\u201d Here are\u00a0some more nouns with irregular plurals: person \/ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[142,141],"class_list":["post-4564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-common-errors-in-english","tag-irregular-plurals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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