2. :
In chapter 1 this book introduced the idea
that some complex words have meaning that
are so predictable that they do not have to be
listed in dictionary.
3. But , in this chapter
we will focus on Example:
variety; words that do This pianist performs in
not have to be listed the local hall every week.
Mary told us that pianist
, because they are performed in the local hall
marely grammatically every week.
and which itself may The performance last
week was particularly
or may not be listed. impressive.
Depending on
wheater its meaning is
predictable or not.
4. There are words that have to be
listed in dictionary and words that
do not
Example :
Performs, performed - perform
Pianists - pianist
5. There are two reason why a word from
such as pianists does not have to be listed:
In English is a noun that can be counted, it
will have a plural form.
Unless otherwise specified , that the plural
form of any countable noun will be formed by
adding suffix-s to the singular form.
6. Unless otherwise specified is a noun in plural
form without adding “s” or suffix-s
Example:
Child - Children
Tooth - teeth
Woman - Women
Man - Men, etc
7. Most countable
noun in English
have two word Inflectionally for
forms : any noun lexeme
X, there are two
Singular and grammatical words:
Plural Singular of X
Plural of X
8. There are also countable nouns
that express their plural with no
suffix at all.
9. The singular and plural
distinction is the only
grammatical distinction that is
expressed morphology in
English noun.