People es plural
Siempre people are, people were, people have: Many people are waiting. El singular de people es person: one person, two people.
Lo mismo pasa con police: The police are coming.
Las palabras sin plural
Information, advice, news, furniture, homework y luggage no tienen plural ni van con a. Se dice some information, some advice, the news is good.
Para contarlas se usa a piece of: a piece of advice, a piece of furniture.
- information (no informations)
- some advice, a piece of advice (no an advice)
- the news is (no the news are)
- furniture (no furnitures)
- homework (no homeworks)
Money y hair
Money es singular: The money is on the table. Y hair, cuando es el pelo de la cabeza, también: Her hair is long. Hairs son pelos sueltos: There are hairs on the sofa.
Cómo fijarlo
Fíjate en estas palabras cuando leas: people casi siempre va seguido de are o were, y advice o news nunca llevan s. Verlas bien escritas muchas veces es lo que corrige el oído.
Cuento: The Letter in the Library Book (B1)Todos los errores comunes