Usually by dropping the y and adding "ies." Examples:
party=parties
candy=candies
family=families
story=stories
To make words ending in "y" plural, you typically change the "y" to "ies". For example, to make "baby" plural, you would write "babies". However, some words, particularly those with a vowel before the "y", simply add an "s". For instance, "key" becomes "keys".
For words ending in "y," you generally change the y to i and add es to make the plural. For example, "city" becomes "cities" and "baby" becomes "babies."
Change the y to i and add es. For example, baby becomes babies.
For nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant, the plural is formed by dropping the 'y' and adding 'ies' to the end of the word.For nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a vowel, the plural is formed by adding an 's' after the ending 'y'.Examples:baby, babiesparty, partiesstory storiesboy, boysplay, playsstray, strays
Nouns ending in -y, preceded by a vowel are made plural by adding an -s. Examples: boys, toys, clays, trays Nouns ending in -y, preceded by a consonant are made plural by dropping the -y and adding -ies. Examples: babies, ladies, parties, armies.
Examples ending in "ies" indicate the plural form of words where the singular form ends in "y", preceded by a consonant. The "y" is changed to "i" before adding "es" to form the plural. For instance, "city" becomes "cities," "baby" becomes "babies," and "party" becomes "parties."
As with most words ending with 'y', the plural is made by dropping the 'y' and adding 'ies' — so 'melodies' is the plural.
There are three main rules to make most words plural: add -s to the end (e.g. cats), add -es if the word ends in -s, -x, -ch, -sh or -z (e.g. boxes), and change the ending of the word (e.g. mouse to mice). Some irregular nouns do not follow these rules (e.g. child to children).
The plural of infirmity is infirmities. For most words ending in y, change it to i and add es.
As with other words ending in consonant-Y, the plural is BURGLARIES.
Change the y to i and add es. For example, baby becomes babies.
In most cases, yes. Not in every case though... words ending in ch, x s or z get es added to form the plural, and for words ending in y, change the y to ies.
Nouns ending in -y, preceded by a vowel are made plural by adding an -s. Examples: boys, toys, clays, trays Nouns ending in -y, preceded by a consonant are made plural by dropping the -y and adding -ies. Examples: babies, ladies, parties, armies.
The plural form for the noun army is armies.To form the plural for words ending in y preceded by a consonant:change the y into ie and add s.
Examples ending in "ies" indicate the plural form of words where the singular form ends in "y", preceded by a consonant. The "y" is changed to "i" before adding "es" to form the plural. For instance, "city" becomes "cities," "baby" becomes "babies," and "party" becomes "parties."
For nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant, the plural is formed by dropping the 'y' and adding 'ies' to the end of the word.For nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a vowel, the plural is formed by adding an 's' after the ending 'y'.Examples:baby, babiesparty, partiesstory storiesboy, boysplay, playsstray, strays
Some words end in a consonant + y. To make them plural, change y to i and add es. Candy -> Candies
Nouns that end in consonant + y change to -ies for their plural form.eg baby - babies, city - citiesBasic sentences with plural nouns are the same as any basic sentencesubject + verb + objectThe babies like chocolate milk. The cities are growing fast. The families met by the river.