ghosts
The plural of "ghost" is ghosts.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and ghost follows this rule.
Meaning: the spirit of a dead person (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with ghosts: the ghosts are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: ghosts'.
How do you pronounce it?
ghost is pronounced /ɡəʊst/. The plural ending sounds like /s/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. ghosts means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The -s plural goes back to the Old English ending -as, which belonged to only one group of nouns, as in stānas, "stones". By the end of the Middle Ages it had spread to almost every noun.
Examples in context
- The old house is said to have ghosts.Singular: The old house is said to have a ghost.
- Children dressed up as ghosts.Singular: Children dressed up as a ghost.
