1.不规则名词的单、复数形式要特别记忆:
man—men, woman—women, child—children, foot—feet, tooth—teeth
2.单数、复数同形的名词:
fish, sheep, deer, chinese, japanese
3.常用复数形的名词:
trousers, shoes, glasses
4.只有复数形的名词:
thanks, clothes
5.单数形式但其意为复数的可数名词:
people, police
6.有生命的名词所有格形式:
单数名词加's, 复数名词加s', 不是以s结尾的复数名词加?'s?, 如: children's
room
7.无生命的名词所有格用of结构表达:
如: the capital of china
8.表示并列名词各自所有,在各名词词尾加's:
如: tom's and mary's bikes (两人各自的自行车)
9.表示并列名词共同所有,则在后一个名词的词尾加's:?
如: tom and mary's mother (即tom与mary是兄妹)
10. 关于时间、距离、长度、重量、价格的所有格:
如: ten minutes' walk, ten miles' journey, a boat's length, two pounds' weight, ten dollars' worth
11.双重所有格:
a friend of my father's