ethics [plural] moral principles that control or influence a person's behavior professional/business/medical ethics to draw up a code of ethics He began to
ethic in American English
Singular ethic
(functioning as singular) the philosophical study of the moral value of human conduct and of the rules and principles that ought to govern it; moral philosophy
Philosophy
Its members are bound by a rigid code of ethics which includes confidentiality
Best Answer Copy The noun ethics is the plural form for ethic
Ethics: –plural noun (used with a singular or plural verb) a system of advertisement Ethics is about what you do when no one is looking
(used with a singular or plural verb) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture
(ˈeθɪk) noun
You might call a politician who uses taxpayer money for wild parties a little "ethics-challenged
The general rule is that most singular nouns are made plural by adding an -s, -es, or -ies to the end of the word
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(functioning as singular) When you use ethics with this meaning, it is a plural noun
Re the singular v plural thing - I think it's more relevant that 'ashes' is uncountable (so, arguably, neither single or plural) - similar to sand, or water, or dust etc
Thai Jun 14, 2010 #10 Thank you very much for your explanation
Scissors has no singular form
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