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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Rote memorization. There are also comedy songs on the subject that tease on the exceptions for those with a more musical mEmory.  But at the end of the day its like memorizing the gender of nouns in some languages. You just have to memorize it

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