Nouns resistant to number contrast
Whether or not with inflectional regularity, number essentially involves the distinction
between one and more than one. But as we noted above, there are singular nouns that
cannot ordinarily be plural (e.g.: meat) and plural nouns that cannot ordinarily be singular
(e.g.: binoculars).
Ordinarily singular
Proper nouns: London.
Uncount nouns: cheese, solidarity.
Abstract nouns in the plural indicate examples of the phenomenon concerned as in
"many injustices"
The noun news and certain other items ending in -s: acoustics, physics, mumps,
shingles, billiards, dominoes, fives.
Collective nouns such as committee, council, government, team.
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