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What is the plural form of y?
The plural form of "y" is "ys" or "ies," depending on the context.
How do you explaIn examples plurals ending with ies?
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."
When to use 's or ies?
Use 's to form the possessive of singular nouns (e.g. dog's) and use -ies to form the plural of words ending in a consonant and y (e.g. babies).
How do you make sentences with ies plural?
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.
What are plurals for words ending in y?
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."
What is the plural of folly?
English nouns ending in -y generally form the plural in -ies: follies
What is the plural of melody?
As with most words ending with 'y', the plural is made by dropping the 'y' and adding 'ies' — so 'melodies' is the plural.
How do you add es to enemy?
Nouns ending in -y preceded by a consonant, drops the -y and adds -ies to form the plural: the singular enemy to the plural enemies.
How do you spell injurys?
The word injury, like many singular nouns ending in Y, forms an -ies plural, injuries.
How do you explaIn examples plurals ending with ies?
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."
How do you know when to change a word to either have an 'ies' ending or 'y' ending?
The basic rule is for nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant, the plural is formed by dripping the 'y' and 'ies'. For nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a vowel, the plural is formed by adding 's' only. Why this came about, I do not know. Perhaps a question for the category 'word origins'.Some examples for nouns that drop the Y and add IES for plurals are:babiesdaisiesladiesstoriesdairiesfairiespartiescountriesSome examples for nouns that do not drop the Y for plurals:alleysboyschimneysdaysessaysjoyskeysmonkeys
How do you pluralize a noun ending in y please give an example?
Most nouns ending in -y like "company" are made plural by replacing the -y with -ies, thus "companies".
What is the plural form of y?
The plural form of "y" is "ys" or "ies," depending on the context.
Do you form the plural of the word get by adding s to the end?
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.
What are the different rules you could use to make words 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).
What do you add if the letter in front of the plural noun that ends with Y?
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
How do you make jelly plural?
The y is changed to ies to form the plural jellies.
