Re: Corpora: Plural Nouns Inquiry

George Demetriou (g.demetriou@dcs.shef.ac.uk)
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:19:12 +0100

One possible source is the CELEX lexical database
(http://www.kun.nl/celex/) where you can search for word,
lemma and POS representations and extract the nouns you want.

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> I'm Kaori Henmi, a senior in Yamagata (Japanese National) University.
> Does anyone have a comprehensive list of English common nouns that are
> always used in plural form, e.g. trousers, pants, scissors, etc.?
>
> Thanks in advance...