اسامی جمع انگلیسی مختوم به S که فعل to be در مورد آنها مفرد صرف می شود کدامند؟

Question

Hello everybody!

For example : Headquarters                                                                     The Citibank Headquarters in New York is (located) in the Broadway Avenue.

The UN Headquarters in New York is a 65-storey building.

What other similar English words (ending with S) can you add?

Also another example is the word "operations" with the meaning of عملیات and as follows:

Syrian Army's last week military operations was successful.

عملیات نظامی هفته ی گذشته ی ارتش سوریه موفقیت آمیز بود.ا

 

Answer 1

Hi! 

Interesting question. +1

Nouns which fall into this category can include those ending in -ics, generalizational names, geographical names, names of publications and products, and some other certain nouns:

Physics         The Philippines   news          summons mumps​measle​molasses    billiards​  diabetes         politics​ gallows     United States    Wales​ Honduras aerobics​  statistics​          United Arab Emirates​    shingles         rickets                 diamonds    darts      Rhetorics           blues (musical style)                    The  New York Times              The Solomon Islands         The Netherlands 

***Nouns ending in  -ics can either take a singular (if they are considered as the name of a science) or a plural verb (if they express a specific application of the science): 

physics, mathematics, electronics, economics, politics, aerodynamics, mechanics, calisthenics, forensics, ceramics, italics, athletics, statistics, acoustics, logistics, Olympics, gymnastics, ethics, mathematics,civics, etc

Mathematics  was never easy for Tom.
The teacher told him that his mathematics were well below the standard (his understanding of mathematics or his results)

 

https://www.humber.ca/liberalarts/sites/default/files/SUBJECT%20VERB%20AGREEMENT%20PART%203.pdf

http://uwf.edu/writinglabapp/minilessons/mini-lesson_14x.htm

Comments

And there are some nouns ending in S which are singular or plural (with some the meaning may be  different for the singular and plural): series, means, barracks, headquarters,species,...

 

A Concise Grammar for English Language Teachers, by Tony Penston, 2005, p 38

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Dear Ms.Sudabeh,

Thanks a lot and +1 with a further +1.

By providing above information, you really did me a favour. God bless you.