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LESSON 24: Singular and Plural Nouns


Singular and plural nouns are tested only in Error Identification items.

A) PLURAL NOUNS IN PLACE OF SINGULAR NOUNS AND SINGULAR NOUNS IN PLACE OFPLURAL NOUNS

Underlined nouns in the Error Identification section may be incorrect because they are plural but should be singular, or because they are singular but should be plural.Sometimes it is clear that a singular subject is incorrectly used because the verb is plural, or that a plural noun is used incorrectly because the verb is singular. In this type of item, the verbwill NOT be underlined because this is not a verb error.
Sometimes it is obvious that a plural or a singular noun is needed because of the determiners that precede the noun. Certain determinersare used only before singular nouns while other determiners are used only before plural nouns.
|Determiners Used with Determiners Used with|
|Singular Nouns Singular Nouns |
|a/an two, three, four, etc.|
|one dozens of, hundreds of, thousands of, etc. |
|a single a few (of)|
|each many (of) |
|every a number of|
|this the number a couple (of) |
|that several (of)|
|every one of |
|each one of...