▲uncount nouns ending in ‘-s’

1.34 Some nouns which end in ‘-s’ and look as if they are plural are in fact uncount nouns. This means that when they are the subject of a verb, the verb is in the singular.

These nouns refer mainly to subjects of study, activities games and diseases.

Physics is fun.

Politics plays a large pan in village life.

Economics is the oldest of the social sciences.

Billiards was gradually replaced by bridge.

Measles is in most cases a relatively harmless disease.

Here are three lists of uncount nouns ending in ‘-s’.

These nouns refer to subjects of study and activities:

Note that some of these nouns are occasionally used as plural nouns, especially when you are talking about a particular person’s work or activities.

His politics are clearly right-wing.

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