The roughly 200 collective nouns in the English language cause a lot of confusion, but there's a simple answer, writes grammar expert June Casagrande.

Turning one into many isn't always as simple as adding an 's'! Learn how to spell plural nouns with BBC Bitesize 3rd level English.

There are some nouns that only have a plural form, regardless of how we think of them. They are known as pluralia tantum, Latin for "plural only." Here are 11 of them.

When both nouns joined by “or” are plural, the verb is plural: “Coyotes or dogs are.” But when one is singular and one is plural, which one governs the verb?

Mass nouns, also known as uncountable or noncount nouns, don't get pluralized in the same way as other nouns. Learn more about these exceptions.