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Fondamenti della lingua inglese Laura Cignoni - Paleopatologia

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PLURALE DEI NOMI<br />

Noun plurals<br />

1. Il plurale dei nomi si forma aggiungendo una s alla forma singolare (doctor, doctors; door,<br />

doors).<br />

2. I nomi che terminano con y preceduta da vocale aggiungono regolarmente la s (boy, boys; tray,<br />

trays).<br />

3. I nomi che terminano con y preceduta da consonante fanno cadere la y e aggiungono ies (baby,<br />

babies; family, families).<br />

In all societies, one category of the dead is subject to particular funerary practice, stillborn<br />

children or babies who die within a few days of birth. (The Archaeology of the Dead, 58).<br />

4. Formano il plurale aggiungendo es i nomi che terminano:<br />

in o (tomato-tomatoes), fatta eccezione per i nomi di strumenti musicali (piano, pianos,<br />

banjo, banjos);<br />

in s (glass-glasses);<br />

in x (fox-foxes; tax-taxes; brush-brushes);<br />

in z (buzz-buzzes);<br />

in ch (sandwich-sandwiches; witch-witches);<br />

in sh (dish-dishes).<br />

5. Alcuni nomi hanno la forma plurale irregolare (man, men; woman, women; child, children;<br />

person, people; foot, feet; tooth, teeth; mouse, mice; goose, geese). Il plurale di person, persons<br />

si usa soltanto nella <strong>lingua</strong> specializzata, in particolare quella legale.<br />

On some pictures of the Fontainebleau school, women are very often painted with rings on the<br />

intermediate phalanges. (The Archaeology of the Dead, 23).<br />

We know that children of the same age can have different dimensions and that children of the same<br />

height can have different ages. (The Archaeology of the Dead, 60).<br />

Some elements of ornament and dress, such as brooches or earrings, may be specifically feminine,<br />

while weapons are commonly reserved for men. (The Archaeology of the Dead, 94-95).<br />

6. Alcuni nomi rimangono invariati, cioè sono identici nella forma singolare e plurale (fish, sheep,<br />

deer).<br />

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