Nouns Plural in use but Singular in form
কিছু কিছু
Plural noun আছে যেগুলিকে
Singular noun –এর মতো দেখতে। কিন্তু সবসময় Plural noun হিসাবে
ব্যবহার হয়।
1.
Group
of animal (collective noun).
(Cattle, Cavalry,
poultry, swine, herd, etc)
·
The
cattle are grazing in
the field.
·
The
swine are dirty
animals.
·
Our
cavalry are very strong.
·
Our
poultries are
healthy.
2. Group of people (collective noun)
যখন
তারা আলাদা কাজ করবে বা আলাদা মতামত দেবে,তখন Plural noun হিসাবে ব্যবহার হবে।
(police,
jury, folk, peasantry, staff, public, government, Intelligentsia, crew, gentry,
troop, company, class, team,committee, etc)
·
All the people were happy.
·
The peasantry are very happy.
·
The police have taken actions.
·
The committee are meetings tomorrow.
·
The crowd were impatient.
Note:
যখন Group of people একি
কাজ করবে বা একি মতামত দেবে (কাজের মধ্যে একতা থাকলে), তখন singular noun হিসাবে ব্যবহার হবে।
Example:
·
The
jury was divided in their opinion. (X)
The jury were divided in their opinion.
3.
A few adjective of nationality ending in –sh and –ch are used after the are Plural with no Singular forms. (The British, The
Dutch, The English, The French, The Spanish, The Irish, The Welsh etc)
4. Dozen, hundred, thousand,
million, billion, foot(=12 inches), kilogram have plurals without –s when these
word used after definite number. (যখন dozen, hundred, thousand etc নিশ্চিত
সংখ্যার পরে বসে তখন এদের সঙ্গে –s যুক্ত হয় না। কিন্তু Plural noun
হিসাবে ব্যবহার হয়।
·
There
are three thousand workers in our company.
·
This
is our six year
plans.
