Plurals & Uncountables
Words like information, advice, and furniture aren't countable in English — adding an 's' to make them plural is wrong. Instead, learn to use phrases like 'a piece of advice'.
The rule
Regular plurals add -s/-es. Some nouns are uncountable in English — never use -s and never 'a/an' with them. Use 'a piece of', 'some', 'a lot of', or 'much' instead.
Explained
Some English nouns simply don't take a plural -s, no matter how much of the thing you have. Information, advice, furniture, equipment, news, luggage — they are uncountable. To quantify them you use 'a piece of', 'some', 'a lot of', or 'much'. By the end of this lesson you will stop saying 'informations' and 'advices' forever.
Examples
| English | In Hindi |
|---|---|
| She gave me some useful advice. | उसने मुझे कुछ काम की सलाह दी। |
| I need a piece of information about the train. | मुझे ट्रेन के बारे में एक जानकारी चाहिए। |
| The new flat needs more furniture. | नए फ़्लैट में और फ़र्नीचर चाहिए। |
| We have a lot of work today. | आज हमारे पास बहुत काम है। |
| The news was shocking. | ख़बर चौंकाने वाली थी। |
| Don't carry too much luggage. | ज़्यादा सामान मत ले जाओ। |
| Two children were playing in the garden. | दो बच्चे बगीचे में खेल रहे थे। |
| The men were waiting in line. | आदमी कतार में इंतज़ार कर रहे थे। |
| How much money do you need? | तुम्हें कितने पैसे चाहिए? |
| She gave us many tips for the interview. | उसने हमें इंटरव्यू के लिए बहुत टिप्स दीं। |
Common mistakes
I have many informations about Mumbai.
I have a lot of information about Mumbai.
'Information' is uncountable — it never takes 's'. It doesn't take 'many' either; use 'a lot of' or 'much'.
She gave me good advices.
She gave me good advice.
'Advice' is also uncountable — never pluralize it. Even for several separate suggestions, 'good advice' is the correct form.
We bought new furnitures yesterday.
We bought new furniture yesterday.
'Furniture' is uncountable. For specific items, say 'pieces of furniture'. 'Furnitures' simply doesn't exist in English.
How many homeworks do you have?
How much homework do you have?
'Homework' is also uncountable — treat it as singular. Use 'much', not 'many'.
The peoples were happy.
The people were happy.
'People' is already plural — it has no further plural form. 'Peoples' is occasionally used to mean 'different nationalities' ('the peoples of Asia'), but normally never.
Practise
1. She gave me some good ___.
- advices
- advise
- advice
- advicement
Show the answer
advice
2. How ___ furniture do you need?
- many
- much
- lots
- few
Show the answer
much
3. The news ___ very good today.
- are
- were
- is
- have
Show the answer
is
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