3. The Number- Important Points
Number
Some Very Important Points:
1. নিচের noun গুলির পূর্বে বহুবচনগত সংখ্যা বসলেও তাদেরPlural ব্যবহার করা যাবেনা। যেমনঃ
Brace, dozen, fathom, gross, pair, yoke, score, hundred, thousand.
Incorrect: He gave us seven thousands taka.
Correct: He gave us seven thousand taka.
2. নিচের noun গুলি সব সময়ই Singular, এদের কখনো Plural ব্যবহার করা যাবেনা যেমনঃ
Furniture, scenery, information, poetry, machinery, expenditure, bread, advice.
Incorrect: Sumon gave us some machineries.
Correct: Sumon gave us some machinery.
3. নিচের noun গুলি সব সময়ই Plural, এদের কখনো Singular ব্যবহার করা যাবেনা যেমনঃ
a) Pair Nouns: scissors, bellows, spectacles etc
b) dress having two legs: trousers, shorts, pants etc
c) diseases: measles, mumps
d) certain other nouns: ashes, alms, assets, clothes, vegetables, goods, premises etc
Incorrect: This shorts is nice.
Correct: These shorts are nice.
4. নিচের noun গুলির Singular এবং Plural একই। যেমনঃ
Deer, sheep, canon, gross, apparatus, spices, innings, crops, salmon.
Incorrect: I have seven deers.
Correct: I have seven deer.
5. নিচের noun গুলি দেখতে Plural হলেও তারা Singular যেমনঃ
gallows, news, physics, ethics, politics, statistics, economics, athletics, mathematics, gymnastics etc
Incorrect: Statistics are a difficult subject.
Correct: Statistics is a difficult subject.
6. নিচের noun গুলি দেখতে Singular হলেও তারা Plural যেমনঃ
people, cattle, folk, swine, poultry, police, vermin etc
Incorrect: The police is watching the house.
Incorrect: The police are watching the house.