eli5: as a native english speaker, how are we supposed to know if an English words plural is the same as singular? (Ex: moose, sheep, paper)

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eli5: as a native english speaker, how are we supposed to know if an English words plural is the same as singular? (Ex: moose, sheep, paper)

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Answer 1

English is, in fact, four languages (German, Greek, French, and Latin) in a trench coat that roughs other languages up for bits of spare vocabulary….

All joking aside, native speakers learn the rules of their primary language as they acquire it. Learning that both the singular and plural forms of “moose” and “sheep” are the same is a fairly universal experience for anyone learning English, whether as a native speaker learning from infancy or as a non-native speaker learning it as a foreign language.

Also, the plural form of “paper” can be “paper” or “papers”… It’s like “fish” in that way.