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In everyday life, we meet tons of interesting people, travel to a variety of unique places, and discover many fascinating things. In grammar, the type of word we use to refer to all of this great stuff is called a noun. Often, we have different amounts of stuff that we need to talk about. For example, you might have one brother or three sisters. You might own 12 cats or just a single dog. Your roommate might leave you with three slices of pizza or just one half-eaten slice—probably the one with anchovies! In all of these situations, we use two different types of nouns to refer to different amounts of stuff: singular nouns and plural nouns.

Singular noun vs. plural noun

The word singular, when used in grammar, means “noting or pertaining to a member of the category of number found in many languages that indicates that a word form has one referent or denotes one person, place, thing, or instance.” By contrast, the word plural means “noting or pertaining to a member of the category of number, found in many languages, indicating that a word has more than one referent.”

In short, this means that a singular noun refers to only one person or thing and a plural noun refers to more than one person or thing. Let’s look more closely at each of these two types of nouns so we can better understand the difference.

Singular nouns

A singular noun refers to a single object, and it is the type of noun you will almost always find if you look up nouns in our incredible Dictionary.com. Like most nouns, singular nouns can be used to refer to people, places, things, or ideas. Singular nouns always refer to one person or one thing. Singular nouns can refer to general things or more specific people, places, and things with names or titles. Singular nouns always use a singular verb and can be preceded by the articles a and an.

We’ve singled out this article on singular nouns, to give you a better understanding of them.

Examples of singular nouns

First, let’s look at many examples of singular nouns that we use to refer to a wide variety of stuff.

 

  • people: boy, girl, child, person, actor, huntress, king, queen, Gandhi, Juliet
  • places: town, city, state, country, Chicago, Switzerland, Africa
  • things: apple, orange, tree, plant, animal, building, chair, desk, paper, computer

Most ideas, emotions, beliefs, philosophies, and concepts are also treated as singular nouns:

 

  • hunger, sadness, depression, government, religion, knowledge, question, science, time

A particular type of noun to take note of is the collective noun. Collective nouns can be singular nouns even though they refer to more than person or thing. In this case, the collective noun is collectively referring to a group as if it was a single unit. Here are some examples of collective nouns:

 

  • army, group, bunch, pile, stack, squad, team, gang, committee, jury

Plural nouns

Plural nouns are nouns that refer to more than one person, place, or thing. In general, plural nouns are made by adding -s or -es to the ends of singular nouns. However, this isn’t always the case. Sometimes a noun may change spelling or may turn into a completely different word. Plural nouns always use a plural verb in a sentence and aren’t preceded by the articles a and an.

If you’re looking for more detail on the subject, you can learn more about regular and irregular plural nouns in our in-depth analysis of them here.

Examples of plural nouns

Like singular nouns, plural nouns can also refer to people, places, things, and ideas.

regular plural nouns

 

  • people: boys, girls, friends, babies, swimmers, chefs, Americans, Mongols
  • places: cities, villages, islands, lakes, countries, neighborhoods, galaxies
  • things: apples, oranges, vegetables, candies, chairs, trucks, buses
  • ideas: questions, hopes, dreams, goals, expenses, religions, feelings, fears

irregular plural nouns

Irregular plural nouns don’t follow the rules. You will need to memorize which words are irregular plural nouns so you will be able to recognize that they are plural nouns at all.

 

  • men, women, children, mice, lice, oxen, geese, sheep, buffalo, moose, fish, tuna, trout, salmon, teeth, feet, criteria, bacteria, data, foci, cacti, stimuli, minutiae, wolves, halves, calves

 

How do you use singular and plural nouns?

Grammatically, the main difference between singular and plural nouns is which type of verb you use with them. Singular nouns use singular verbs and plural nouns use plural verbs. You can see this difference in these sentences:

 

  • My dog (singular noun) is (singular verb) big and hairy.
  • In my opinion, cats (plural noun) are (plural verb) the cutest pets in the world.
  • Emily (singular noun) jogs (singular verb) to work every morning.
  • The ancient Romans (plural noun) were (plural verb) very powerful.

Another grammatical difference between singular and plural nouns is which articles and adjectives can be used with them. Singular nouns can use the articles a and an, but plural nouns cannot. On the other hand, plural nouns can use adjectives such as many or few that do not make grammatical sense when used with singular nouns. In this case, you will need to be able to know which nouns are singular and which are plural to use adjectives correctly.

Tips for differentiating singular vs. plural nouns

The easiest way to tell if a noun is a singular noun or a plural noun is to look at how much of something it is referring to. If it is only referring to one person or thing, it is a singular noun. If it is referring to more than one person or thing, it is a plural noun. This tip will help you even if you are dealing with those tricky collective nouns: pile is a singular noun referring to one collective group of things. Piles is a plural noun referring to more than one group of stuff.

This tip will also help you deal with those uncooperative irregular plural nouns that always break the rules. For example, the word children looks like a singular noun because it doesn’t end in -s or -es. However, the word children refers to more than one child and so it is in fact a plural noun. This tip will help with especially tough words like mice or bacteria that really don’t look like they should be plural nouns.

Finally, this tip is especially helpful when handling irregular plural nouns that are identical to their singular noun counterparts. Words like fish, moose, or species can be either singular or plural, and it will come down to the context of the sentence as to how to correctly use these words. Here are some example sentences using our tips to tell singular and plural nouns apart and to ensure that our sentences are grammatically correct:

 

  • We are going out to see a movie. (Movie refers to a single item. It is a singular noun and can use the article a.)
  • Geese swim in the lake by our house. (Geese is referring to more than one bird. It is a plural noun and uses the plural verb swim. Because it is plural, it can also stand by itself without an article.)
  • She discovered a new species of ant. (Species is only referring to one thing and so it is a singular noun and can use the article a.)
  • There are many different species of spiders that live in our backyard. (Species is referring to more than one group of spiders and so it is a plural noun and it uses the plural verb live.)

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[NEW] One of the: Singular or Plural? | singular plural – NATAVIGUIDES

One of the: Singular or Plural?


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Summary

One of a group is singular.

Example

  • One of the students is/are tired.

When “one of the” is followed by who or that, check who is being described: the entire group or one of them.

Examples

  • One of the

    students

    who

    are

    studying is sitting on the table.

    Who’s studying? The students

    are

    . Who’s sitting on the table? One of them is.

  • One of the students, who is studying for the test, is a budding poet.

    Who’s studying? One of the students is. Who’s a budding poet? This student is.

Infographic: Singular vs. plural verb with one of many

Singular or plural verb with one?

When one of a group is the subject in a sentence (e.g., one of the students), use a singular verb like is and has. This is because the subject of the sentence is one, not the plural word that follows.

Examples

  • One of the students is right.

    Who is right? One of the students is. The subject of the verb is “one,” not “the students.”

  • One of my friends is calling.
    is.Who’s calling? One of my friends

Here are some more examples.

Examples

  • One of my cousins is/are visiting us from Fiji.
  • One of the children has/have brought a tarantula to the picnic.
  • One of the boys playing in the park is/are my son.
  • One of the girls has/have a bicycle.
  • One of the cats is/are playing with its shadow.
  • One of my dogs loves/love to visit the vet.

In questions as well, remember to use the singular verb.

Examples

  • Is/are one of your children a writer?
  • Is/are one of you available to help on this project?
  • Has/have one of them called yet?
  • Is/are one of the students a basketball player?

Note

When “one in many” is the subject of a sentence, it traditionally takes a singular verb. Purists argue that the subject is still the noun “one,” which is singular.

Example

  • One in five students is eligible.

However, others argue that “one in five” is a plural subject, since it refers to more than one person, or twenty percent of the population. Thus, using a plural verb with “one in five” is not wrong.

Example

  • One in five New Yorkers have been vaccinated.

One of . . . is or are?

One as the subject of a sentence is singular, even when followed by a plural pronoun like them or us. Use singular verbs like is and has.

Examples

  • One of them has/have the secret formula.
  • One of us is/are telling the truth.
  • One of us has/have all the winning cards.
  • One of them knows/know the answer.
  • One of these is/are the right answer.

Tip

Like one, the word each is singular.

Examples

  • Each of us has/have a flashlight.
  • Each of them is/are a winner.
  • Each of the students has/have a pencil.

One of . . . who is or are?

When one of the is followed by who or that, the verb used depends on the antecedent of the pronoun who—that is, who or what is being described. Check who is being referred to: one of the group or the entire group?

Example

  • The

    students

    who

    are

    applying to universities this year

    are

    waiting in the classroom.

    Who’s waiting in the classroom? The students who are applying to universities this year

    are

    .

    One of the

    students

    who

    are

    applying to universities this year is waiting in the classroom.

    Who’s applying to universities? The students

    are

    . Who is waiting in the classroom? One of them is.

To decide whether to use a singular or plural verb, check what is being modified. Is “one” being described, or the plural noun that follows?

Example

  • One of the

    cats

    that loves/

    love

    pizza is/are meowing outside the door.

    Who loves pizza? The cats

    love

    it. Who is meowing outside? One of them is.

However, when the clause starting with who or which is enclosed within commas, it describes one of the group, not the entire group. We then again use a singular instead of a plural verb.

Examples

  • One of the cats, which

    loves pizza, is meowing outside the door.

    Who loves pizza? One of the cats loves it. Who is meowing outside? This cat is.

  • One of the students, who is applying to universities, is waiting in the classroom.

    Who’s applying to universities? One of the students is. Who is waiting? This student is.

Whether to use a singular or plural verb after who in “one of the” constructions depends on who is being described: the entire group or one of the group?

Tip

The pronoun none, which means “not one” or “not any,” can take either a singular or a plural verb, depending on whether you are referring to one of the group or to the group as a whole.

Examples

  • None of the students is here.

    none = not one

  • None of the students know the answer.

    none = not any

Find more examples in this article on whether none is singular or plural.

Examples from literature

Here are some examples of “one of the . . .” as sentence subject in the writings of famous authors. Note how they use singular verbs like is to agree with the subject one.

Examples

  • One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
    Bertrand Russell , The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
  • One of the biggest jobs we all face in combat is to overcome fear.
    Joseph Heller , Catch-22 (1961)
  • One of the quainter quirks of life is that we shall never know who dies on the same day as we do ourselves.
    Philip Larkin (ed. Anthony Thwaite), Letters to Monica (2010)

In contrast, in the following examples, the writers use plural verbs (have, look) after the word who to agree with the plural nouns (women, people) instead of with “one.”

Examples

  • If she had been left alone she would have gone on, in her own way, enjoying herself thoroughly, until people found one day that she had turned imperceptibly into one of

    those women

    who

    have

    become old without ever having been middle aged . . .
    Doris Lessing , The Grass Is Singing (1950)

  • She was one of

    those people

    who

    look

    teary-eyed when they blush.
    Anne Tyler , Vinegar Girl (2016)


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Fish Fish / Fishes
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