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The Pluralcollective meaningnot used with a,anidea of singular -- a piece , a loaf of

Only pluralOnly singular Pluralia tantum

a piece (a slice) of bacon (cake)a loaf of breada piece (lump) of sugar a piece (lump) of coal

a piece (roast) of meata bar (piece) of chocolatea piece of soapa sheet of paper a stick of chalk a piece of landa strip of landa piece (an item, an article) offurniturea bit of grassa blade of grassa piece (a word ) of advicea piece (an item) of information

(news)an item (a bit) of work a bit (an amount) of interestan attack of fever a fit of passiona flash of lighting (un fulger)a crash of thunder (un tunet)a piece of nonsense (o prostie)

advice sfaturi knowledge cunostinte progress (progrese) strength (puteri) nonsense (prostii)

-Bowels, entrails, loins, giblets-Measles, mumps, rheumatics, blues, dumps,fidgets, glooms, hysterics-Braces, breeches, clothes, drawers,

knickers, overalls, pants, shorts, tights,trousers, flannels, nylons, robbers, tweeds-binoculars, compasses, eyeglasses,nutcrackers, pincers, pliers, scales, scissors-billiards, cards, dominoes, ninepins-Aesthetics, astronautics, cybernetics,diplomatics, dynamics, economics,electronics, ethics, gymnastics, linguistics,mathematics, mechanics, informatics,

physics- he Alps, the !arpathians, the "ighlands,the #etherlands, the $%A-doings, feelings, earnings, lodgings,

proceedings, savings, shortcomings,surroundings, winnings-antics, betters, bitters, chemicals,comestibles, commons, drinkables, news,odds, riches, valuables-auspices, contents, customs, damages,effects, manners, means, remains, summonsMeasles (mumps) is&&Billiards is &'' (games)thics is &&' (sciences)he $%A is &&'

#ews is &&''

copper cottonnylonsand

breadmeattobacco

mai ericehappiness

peace

tuition barley

glasses (a pair ofspectacles ) pants, panties

scissors , shorts,suspenders , trouse

Two plurals with different meanings

!olour !ompass!ustom*amage*rawer ffect+round

Manner Minuteremiseeceipteturn%crap%pectacleerm%cale%pirit

pain

!olours (culori, drapel)!ompasses (busole, compas)!ustoms (obiceiuri, vama)*amages (avarii, depagubiri)*rawers (sertare, indispensabili)ffects (efecte, bunuri mobile)+rounds (motive, a.)

Manners (moduri, maniere, purtaMinutes (minute, process verbal)remises (premise, incinta)eceipts (chitante, incasari)eturns (sosiri, venituri)%craps (bucati, deseuri)%pectacles (spectacole, ochelari)erms (perioade, relatii, conditii)%cales (sol i, cantar)%pirits (fantome, bauturi spirtoasains (dureri, efort)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspendershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspendershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trousershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trousershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspendershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trousershttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacles

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Nouns with identicalsingular and plural*eer moosesheep

bisonsalmon

piketroutfishswine%eriesspecies

Latin and Greek nouns nglishman nglishmen ( he nglish)nglishwoman nglishwomen ( he nglish)0renchman 0renchmen (the 0rench)0renchwoman 0renchwomen (the 0rench)%cotsman %cotsmen (the %cots) %cotish people%cotswoman %cotswomen (the %cots)1elshman 1elshmen (the 1elsh)!hinese !hinese (!hinese people, the !hinese)2apanese 2apanese (2apanese people, the 2apanese)%wede %wedes (the %wedes, the %wedish)30inn 0inns (the 0inns, the 0innish)

0ormula formulae4nde5 - indicesMatri5 matrices!risis crises*atum dataBacterium - bacteria

%ymposium - symposia6irus viruses7virii!actus cactuses7cactiMemorandum memorandaMillennium millennia%tatus status"ippopotamus hippo-

potamuses7hippopotam imedium - mediacurriculum curricula

Analysis analysesA5is - a5esBasis basesmphasis emphases"ypothesis "ypotheses

henomenon - phenomena!riterion criteriaBacillus bacilli%timulus - stimuli

cho echoes"ero heroesotato potatoesomato tomatoes6olcano volcanoesMos8uito mos8uitoes

9ero eros7 eroesornado-

tornados7tornadoesMotto mottos7mottoes

%alami salamis%ki skisa5i ta5is

%tudio studiosadio radios%tereo - stereosiano pianosgo egos:ilo kilos%olo solosango tangos%oprano - sopranos

:angaroo kangaroos%hampoo shampooattoo tattoos9oo oos

roof proofsBelief beliefs!hief chiefsoof roofseef reefs%heriff sheriffs

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