English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

PLURAL NOUNS THAT DO NOT ATTRACT S

The army had a shortage of ~ammunitions~ (nonstandard).
The army had a shortage of *ammunition* (standard).
Ammunition means objects that can be shot from a weapon, such as bullets or bombs.

I will prefer to have ~porks~, instead of chicken (nonstandard).
I will prefer to have *pork*, instead of chicken (standard).
Pork means meat from a pig, eaten as food.

She arranged plates and ~cutleries~ on a small (nonstandard).
She arranged plates and *cutlery* on a small table (standard).
Cutlery consists of the knives, forks, and spoons that you eat your food with.
GAB

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