English nouns ending in -ics, such as analytics, statistics and politics, derive from Greek neuter plurals, and are plural in form but singular in meaning, and take a singular verb.
Forum is a singular. Forums are plurals.
Yes, words that keep the same form in singular and plural are considered irregular plurals. Examples include sheep, deer, and aircraft.
Examples of nouns that are plural in form but singular in meaning are:aerobicsathleticsbilliardsbinocularsblues (type of music)civicscrossroadsdartsdominoeseconomicseyeglassesgymnasticsheadquartersmathematicsmeaslesmumpsnewspantsPhilippinespoliticsscissorsseriesshinglesshortstongstrouserstweezersMany neuter plurals from Latin and Greek, such as data and media, economics and politics, are plural in form but generally take a singular verb.Example sentences:Billiards is a game which connects mathematics and football.What is the news?Acoustics is the study of sounds.He soon came to a crossroads.His room is often in a shambles.
Singular ; louse / mouse Plural ; lice / mice.
actresses (One actress, two actresses)The plural for the word actress is actresses.
The word fox is the regular form; the plural form is foxes, a regular plural.Regular plurals are nouns the use either 's' or 'es' at the end of the singular to form the plural.
"He is good" is correct. 'He' is singular, 'are' is for plurals.
Nouns are made plural by adding -s or -es to form the plural, they are called regular plurals; nouns using another form for the plural are called irregular plurals. Some examples of irregular plurals are:child- childrenwoman- womentooth- teethmouse- miceknife- knivesoasis- oasesgoose- geesecactus- cacti
MOST plural words have fewer letters in their singular form!e.g.words / wordbooks / booketcSome irregular plurals with shorter singular formsknives / knifeladies / ladyoxen / oxwolves / wolfchildren / childSome common non-English plurals that also have shorter singular forms:appendices / appendix (Latin)formulae / formula (Latin)kibbutzim / kibbutz (Hebrew)
The word octopuses is a plural for for the singular octopus. Another plural form is octopi. Both plurals are accepted and in most dictionaries.
The word women's is the plural possessive form for the noun women.The singular form is woman; the singular possessive form is woman's.