Talk:singulare tantum
A rare phenomenon[edit]
House of Commons is not singulare tantum. There are at least two Houses of Commons: one in UK, one in Canada. In addition, consider the following quote (by no means unique):
- 1842, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's Information for the People, page 178
- Reckoning from 1802 till November 15, 1837, there were thirteen Houses of Commons
Non-count nouns[edit]
Note that some users explicitly include non-count nouns:
- Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as: "Gram. A word having only a singular form; esp. a non-count noun." (The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1993 edition, p. 2871.)
(Quoted on w:Plurale tantum.)
I mention this because some users (as in Category:Singularia tantum, at this revision) contrast it with uncountable/non-count nouns.
Unc. nouns and pl. tantum[edit]
I don't get the difference. According to what I have lernt a uncountable noun is a noun which you cannot decline to plural and a plurale tantum is a word without a plural form. If we take milk for example you cannot say "I've got two milks" and thus the noun is uncountable and it is a plurale tantum since it's missing a plural form. Please enlighten me because I just don't seem to get it.Jonteemil (talk) 22:58, 5 September 2016 (UTC)