1)child——childrenfoot——feettooth——teeth
mouse——miceman——men woman——women
注意:與 man 和 woman構(gòu)成的合成詞,其復(fù)數(shù)形式也是 -men 和-women.
如: an Englishman,two Englishmen. 但German不是合成詞,故復(fù)數(shù)形式為Germans;Bowman是姓,其復(fù)數(shù)是the Bowmans.
2)單復(fù)同形如:
deer,sheep,fish,Chinese,Japanese
li,jin,yuan,two li,three mu,four jin
但除人民幣元、角、分外,美元、英鎊、法郎等都有復(fù)數(shù)形式。如:
a dollar, two dollars; a meter, two meters
3)集體名詞,以單數(shù)形式出現(xiàn),但實(shí)為復(fù)數(shù)。
如: peoplepolicecattle 等本身就是復(fù)數(shù),不能說 a people,a police,a cattle,但可以說
a person,a policeman,a head of cattle,the English,the British,the French,the Chinese,the Japanese,the Swiss 等名詞,表示國(guó)民總稱時(shí),作復(fù)數(shù)用。
如: The Chinese are industries and brave.中國(guó)人民是勤勞勇敢的。