Singular and plural nouns | EF Global Site (English) (2024)

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Is site plural or singular? ›

The plural form of site is sites.

Definition: Singular means only one. Plural means more than one. In order to make a noun plural, it is usually only necessary to add s. However, there are many irregular nouns that add es.

Most nouns simply need as 's' added to them to change from singular to plural form. Another large group of nouns that already end in 's' or that make a shushing, hissing or buzzing sound, like 'x', 'z', 'ch', or 'sh', need to have 'es' added.

¹ site /ˈsaɪt/ noun. plural sites.

site. noun. ˈsīt. : the place, scene, or point of something.

1. Most nouns become plural simply by adding “–s” to the end of the word. 2. Nouns ending in “–s,” “–ss,” “–x,” “–z,” “–ch” or “–sh” usually become plural by adding an “–es” to the singular form.

Women is the plural of woman.

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If you look in a dictionary you will see that "deer" comes to us from the German "tier", a beast. German does not form the plural by adding an "s" as English does, so one deer, two deer, etc.

The Old English form of sheep was scēp (among a few others), a neuter noun, whose historical plural ended in u. After the loss of this ending, the singular and the plural merged; hence one sheep ~ many sheep today.

However, nouns that end in -s, -sh, -ss, -z, -x, -ch, and sometimes -o need to have an -es added at the end to make them plural. Another rule to follow is for nouns that end in -y; change the y to an i and then add -es. Also, for nouns that end in -f or -fe, change the -f or -fe to a -v and add -es.

The standard collocation is "on site." In all of the examples, "at site" sounds like something that would be be said by someone who is learning English but has not mastered it.

Onsite or On-Site: Both Words Are Correct!

You can use onsite or on-site. Both words appear in the dictionary.

It can refer to the present, former, or planned location of something, such as a building's "construction site"; to a place where something important happened, as in "the site of the battle"; or to a place that is used for a particular activity, as in "an archaeological site." It's also the word in website, which is ...

Singular nouns represent only one thing, but plural nouns represent more than one. If someone stands alone, we call them a person (singular), but if there's more than one person, we call them people (plural).