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Final S
In French,
final consonants, especially s, are not pronounced. This is because
plural is understood by mes, tes, ses, les,
des, ces, etc.
The most
common mistake in English is NOT pronouncing the final s. This
creates confusion between singular and plural, as well as the possessive
's. Just as you would finish your golf swing if you don't want
your shot to be weak, you MUST FINISH your words.
Before countable
nouns, these expressions take the plural:
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a few |
_____s |
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all |
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both |
_____s |
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certain |
_____s |
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different |
_____s |
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few |
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fewer |
_____s |
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many |
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more |
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most |
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other |
_____s |
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several |
_____s |
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some |
_____s |
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such |
_____s |
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these |
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those |
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Try using
these expressions with the nouns employees, jobs or
offices.
A
can be used to indicate “a certain ...” or
“a different ...” in the singular. For one other,
we say another.
These nouns
always end with an s : sales, clothes, sports, economics,
ethics, logistics, mathematics, physics, politics, statistics
These expressions
refer to at least two things, an old and a new:
change _____s, switch _____s, trade _____s
Do NOT Say:
change the job, change the shirt, change the car. (changer de)
These expressions
refer to negatives (which are not one):
any* _____s, no _____s, without _____s
Notice that
the word of in these expressions indicates plural.
a couple of ______s, a number of _____s, lots of _____s, a family
of ______s, a team of _____s, one of (possessive) _____s, a lot of _____s
Remember
that plurals do not always end with s. Some are irregular.
* in the
negative only. It can also mean n'importe quel.
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