What is grammatical number in linguistics?
Q: What is grammatical number in linguistics?
A: Grammatical number in linguistics is a feature of noun phrases that distinguishes between singular and plural.
Q: What does plural mean in English?
A: In English, plural means counting as more or less than one.
Q: Can singular noun phrases refer to more than one of something?
A: No, singular noun phrases usually refer to something that you would count as one only.
Q: What do you call noun phrases that cannot be counted?
A: Noun phrases that cannot be counted are also singular in English.
Q: How do some languages indicate that a noun is plural?
A: Some languages indicate that a noun is plural by adding a suffix (word ending) to the word.
Q: What is the normal plural suffix in English?
A: The normal plural suffix in English is -s.
Q: What is an example of a singular noun in English?
A: An example of a singular noun in English is "a glass".
