CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Singular or Plural? bus
A
singular
B
plural
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The plural form of bus is buses. To be fair, a few dictionaries do list busses as an alternative plural form of bus. But it appears so rarely that most people would view it as a spelling error.

Detailed explanation-2: -The plural of the noun bus is buses. You might see the plural busses, but that form is so rare that it seems like an error to many people. You might also see the verbs bussed and bussing, both of which are rare and also come across as an error to many people. The plural of bus is buses.

Detailed explanation-3: -Noun. busses. plural of bus (alternative spelling of buses).

Detailed explanation-4: -The easiest way to tell if a noun is a singular noun or a plural noun is to look at how much of something it is referring to. If it is only referring to one person or thing, it is a singular noun. If it is referring to more than one person or thing, it is a plural noun.

Detailed explanation-5: -The explanation: in many cases in English spelling, final consonants like the s in bus are often doubled when an ending such as-es, -ed, or-ing is added to the end of the word. For example, the word nag becomes nagged in the past tense.

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