Plural Nouns Ending with “O”

Nouns that end in a vowel followed by the letter “o”, just add “s” Vowel + “o” Examples: One radio two radios One kangaroo two kangaroos One zoo two zoos One stereo two stereos

In fact, most words ending with “o”, just add “-s”, for example… Words that end in “o” and are a shortened version of a longer word, just add “-s”. Ex. photo, photos Proper nouns that end in “o”, just add “-s”. Ex. Eskimo, Eskimos Spanish and Italian words that end in “o”, just add “-s”. Ex. taco, tacos Musical terms that end in “o”, just add “-s” Ex. solo, solos Words that are newer to the English language that end in “o”, just add “s”. Ex. casino, casinos

So, in other words, to make most nouns ending in “o” plural, just add “-s”. Except for…

Except for these words. These nouns must be spelled with an “-es”: Hint: Just memorize these words! Add “-es” potato potatoes tomato tomatoes echo echoes hero heroes veto vetoes embargo embargoes torpedo torpedoes

Also, some nouns can be made plural by either adding an “-s” or an “-es”. Singular Plural add “s” Plural add “es” buffalo buffalos buffaloes domino dominos dominoes ghetto ghettos ghettoes mango mangos mangoes mosquito mosquitos mosquitoes motto mottos mottoes tornado tornados tornadoes volcano volcanos volcanoes zero zeros zeroes Hint: The bold print word is the preferred way to spell the plural noun.

So, the rule for nouns ending in “o” is simple; most nouns you just add an “-s” to the end of the word to make them plural, except for a few random words which you must memorize. Questions?