Nouns In this post, we shall discuss some important Shortcut Rules about Nouns which comes in handy for your upcoming competitive exams. The Sceneries of Kashmir is very beautiful. ☓ The Scenery of Kashmir is very beautiful. ✔ I know that he has many informations. ☓ I know that he has much information / a lot of information. ✔ They gave me a good advice. ☓ The gave me a piece of good advice. ✔ I want a Soap/ Bread. ☓ I want a piece of Soap/Bread. ✔ Mathematics is a difficult subject. ✔ But say His Mathematics are very weak. ✔ Rule : When Preceded by a possessive adjective, the noun takes a plural verb Billiards are an interesting game. ☓ Billiards is an interesting game. ✔ The news are not reliable. ☓ The news is not reliable. ✔ He saw two sheeps in the zoo. ☓ He saw two sheep in the zoo ✔ A series of lectures are to be delivered tomorrow. ☓ A series of lectures is to be delivered tomorrow. ✔ The police is coming towards us now. ☓ The police are coming towards us now. ✔ The scissor is very sharp. ☓ The scissors are very sharp. ✔ Sister-in-Law, the plural form is Sisters-in-Law, not Sister-in- Laws Brother-in- Law, the plural form is Brothers-in-law, not Brothers- in- Laws Father-in-Law, Father-in-Laws property. Sister-in-Law, Sister-in-Laws property. One of my best friends (not One of my best friend) One of the biggest cities (not One of the biggest city) Each of the boys is (not Each of the boys are) Either of the teachers is (not Either of the teachers are) The team is strong (here, we are treating the TEAM as an UNIT) ✔ The team are fighting among themselves (Here, we are saying about the players of the team) ✔ The tables legs were broken. ☓ (This is wrong, because the table is a non living thing) We can say The legs of the table were broken ✔ Kareenas and Saifs house ☓ (if you think they are wife and husband then this sentence is wrong) Kareena and Saifs house (as they live in a SINGLE house) ✔ But you can say Indias and Pakistans population ✔
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