REST URI convention - Singular or plural name of resource while creating it

Question

I\'m new to REST and I\'ve observed that in some RESTful services they use different resource URI for update/get/delete and Create. Such as

• Create - using

Answer 1

I am surprised to see that so many people would jump on the plural noun bandwagon. When implementing singular to plural conversions, are you taking care of irregular plural nouns? Do you enjoy pain?

See http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/irrplu.htm

There are many types of irregular plural, but these are the most common:

Noun type Forming the plural Example

Ends with -fe   Change f to v then Add -s   
    knife   knives 
    life   lives 
    wife   wives
Ends with -f    Change f to v then Add -es  
    half   halves 
    wolf   wolves
    loaf   loaves
Ends with -o    Add -es 
    potato   potatoes
    tomato   tomatoes
    volcano   volcanoes
Ends with -us   Change -us to -i    
    cactus   cacti
    nucleus   nuclei
    focus   foci
Ends with -is   Change -is to -es   
    analysis   analyses
    crisis   crises
    thesis   theses
Ends with -on   Change -on to -a    
    phenomenon   phenomena
    criterion   criteria
ALL KINDS   Change the vowel or Change the word or Add a different ending   
     man   men
     foot   feet
     child   children
     person   people
     tooth   teeth
     mouse   mice
 Unchanging Singular and plural are the same    
     sheep deer fish (sometimes)