English Grammar @ Plurals with Different Meanings

**    Plurals with Different Meanings

1.Colours:
√ Hues
√ Regiment (unit of army)

2. Compasses:
√ Magnetic compasses used for navigation
√ Instruments used in geometry


3. Customs:
√ habits (e.g. Farmers of Punjab have customs to celebrate Baisakhi.)
√ duties or taxes levied on imports (You have to pay heavy customs duty if you import diamonds).

4. Draughts:
√ A checker game
√ Currents of air

5. Effects:
√ Results
√ Goods or personal property.

6. Forces:
√ powers (e.g. The forces of nature)
√ Organised group of men (e.g. police forces, armed forces.)

7. Glasses:
√ Glasses (vessels) for drinking water
√ Spectacles

8. Grounds:
√ land (e.g. play ground)
√ reasons (e.g. You have no moral grounds to complain.)

9. Letters:
√ alphabets
√ literature, epistles

10. Manners:
√ methods, ways, customs
√ behaviour

11. Minutes:
√ Spaces of time
√ recording of a meeting.

12. Quarters:
√ Fourth parts (usually used with currency coins)
√ lodgings. (Ex. S.t. Nagar is a colony of government quarters.)

13. Spirits:
√ souls
√ liquor
√ moral attitude (e.g. in high spirits).