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Nouns – Navneord (Substantiver) English Grammar
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Proper Nouns Names Places Tobias Cecilie Osman Nyhavn Tivoli Bakken HRS Companies HRS Rest. Noma Rest. Sletten Kro Novo Nordisk IBM
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Gender Male (masculin)Female (feminine) Brother Nephew Boyfriend Sister Niece Girlfriend Both masculine and feminine: Cousin, Doctor, Student etc.
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Plural SingularPlural One Carrot One bean One Cow One chicken Two carrots Two Beans Two Cows Two Chickens
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Plural –ES after sibilant SingularPlural One Box One Sandwich One Peach One Slice (Of meat) Two Boxes Two Sandwiches Two Peaches Two slices
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Plural Substitute Y after consonant with -ies SingularPlural City Company Anchovy Raspberry Cities Companies Anchovies Raspberries
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Nouns on –F or -Fe Add -sSubstitute with -ves SingularPlural A roofTwo roofs A SheriffTwo Sheriffs SingularPlural A knifeTwo knives A calfTwo calves A wifeTwo Wives
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Irregular Plural Nouns SingularPlural A man A woman A mouse A goose An ox Two men Two Women Two mice Two geese Two oxen
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Plural Nouns CountableUncountable Carrots (One carrot, Two Carrots) Potatoes (One potato, Two potatoes) Restaurants (One restaurant, several restaurants) Company (One company, several Companies) ADDING S or ES or IES Water (More Water) Money (More Money) ALWAYS THE SAME, NO MATTER THE AMOUNT OR NUMBERS.
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Genitive –S or of-phrase Genitive-SOf-Phrase Mostly for People: (Nikolaj’s Restaurant) (Chef’s table) Mostly for things: (The name of the School) (The name of the Restaurant) In time expressions, we also use ’S: A three week’s holiday.
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