Nouns and Plurals

A grammar rule that feels universal usually has an exception. Each question below is a real disagreement about "Nouns and Plurals" — see if you can spot it.

Ravi writes "I have two childs" because he thinks plurals always add "-s". His sister says "-s" does not apply here. Who is right?

Meera asks her friends for "advices". Her brother says "advice" does not have a plural form "advices". Is her brother right?

Karan says "The news are very good today", since the word "news" ends in "-s" so it needs a plural verb, "are". His friend says "news" takes "is". Who is right?

There are ten sheep in a field. Divya writes "There are ten sheeps in the field", thinking every plural must look different from its singular. Her grandfather says the word does not change at all here. Who is right?

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