"He has lots of female/females friends" - Should I use singular?

[Twilit1988]

My dear and respected teachers,

1: "He has lots of female/females friends".?Should I use singular?

2: "May I ask the reason of not your visit". correct it please?

3: "I know that you can't speak English well but always try to make yourself understood". correct?

4: "I like scuba-diving". correct?

[Mister Micawber]

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Use these:

1: "He has lots of female friends"-- Female is an adjective; English adjectives to not change with number.

2: "May I ask the reason why you didn't visit?"-- Is that your meaning?

3: "I know that you can't speak English well but always try to make yourself understood."

4: "I like scuba-diving."
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Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's

[Jamie (K)]

[Milanya]

[Jamie (K)]

Oh, sheesh! I shouldn't answer these things too early in the morning! (I posted that around 6 a.m.)

I thought he was asking if "friends" should be plural.

"Female" can never be plural as an adjective, because there is never a plural form to an adjective.

So what you've got here is a native speaker (me) quickly scanning a text where a guy is asking whether something should be in the singular or plural. Since adjectives never have singular and plural forms, I thought he meant the noun.

Thanks for pointing it out.

[Twilit1988]

Thanks. Mister Micawber, Jamie (K) and Milanya
I enjoyed reading this post because three teachers replied.