Rules Continues:………………….
Rule No. 19th :- These nouns are always
used as singular nouns:-
Scenery, Poetry,
Jewellery, Stationery, Luggage, Baggage, Damage, Percentage, Halt age, Knowledge,
Breakage, Postage, Advice, Abuse, Information, Employment, Education, Bread,
Work, Weather, Traffic, Land, Furniture, Pain, Filth, etc.
Rule No. 20th :- These nouns are always
used as plural nouns :-
Troops, Premises,
Precincts, victuals, Chattels, Arrears, Species, Headquarters, Thanks, Alms,
Riches, Particulars, Earnings, Surroundings, Congratulations, Environs, etc.
Rule No. 21st :- These plural nouns seems
to be singular:-
Cattle, Sheep, Deer,
Gentry, Poultry, Electorate, Fleet, Yeomanry, etc.
Rule No. 22nd :- These singular nouns
seems to be plural:-
Summons, News, Measles,
Mumps, Rickets, Billiards, Gymanstics, Mathematics, Physics, Civics, Ethics,
Politics, Statistics, Economics, Aesthetics, etc.
Rule No. 23rd :- “A Pair of” is followed with these plural nouns, which makes this
combination as singular. Such plural nouns are:-
Scissors, Tongs, Spectacles,
Trousers, Pants, Pyjamas, Shorts, Bellows, Socks, etc.
Examples:- A pair of scissors is
sharp.
Rule No. 24th :- If a word is followed by
a preposition and the preposition is again followed by the same word, the same
words used will be singular.
Example:-
village
after village.
Word for word.
Hand to hand.
Page after page.
Raw upon raw. Etc.
Rule No. 25th
:- The future tense is never used after these following words. Some of these
words are:-
If, Below, After, Since,
Because, As, No sooner, as soon as, Hardly, Scarcely, Unless, Until, When, etc
Example:- If he will
invite, I shall attend the party.
(Wrong Sentence)
If he invites, I shall
attend the party. (Right Sentence)
I shall go out when you will come. (Wrong Sentence)
I shall go out when you
come. (Right Sentence)
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