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The rule for making nouns ending an 'f' sound into the plural from is to drop off the 'f' and add 'ves'. Some examples are:

  • calf - calves
  • knife - knives
  • life - lives
  • sheaf - sheaves
  • wife - wives
  • wolf - wolves
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