What is the rule for adding s and es to words?

Answer 1

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Questions like this can be bewildering-- not because the question isn't great, but because "rules" in English are notoriously swamped with exceptions. Very basically, and not dwelling on exceptions, if you add -ing to the infinitive form of most verbs (like to sing, to camp, to bake) you take away the final e, if there is one, and add the -ing. This gives you the present participle of the verb: singing, camping, baking. You can turn lots of nouns into verbs with -ing: papering, stoning, watering-- which leads to interesting speculations about whether or not we have this whole noun-verb thing nailed...

We probably don't really understand word functions very well. Take nouns like development, evolution, heuristic and algorithm. They are nouns, but they undoubtedly are dynamic actions/processes. I bet that children who have a hard time learning the "parts of speech" have a more intuitive and more accurate grasp of the nature of words than the grammarians who try to teach them.

ing added to the end of a word means that the word is being done. it turns it into an action.

Answer 2

Most nouns have -s added to the end of the word to form the plural, with the following exceptions:

For nouns ending is -s, -x, -z, -ch, or -sh, add -es to the end of the word to form the plural.

• dress, dresses
• box, boxes
• quiz, quizes
• church, churches
• wish, wishes

Most nouns ending in -o are pluralized by simply adding -s, except:

Some nouns ending in the letter -oare pluralized by adding -es. These words must be memorized, because there is no simple rule to explain the differences.

• echo, echoes
• hero, heroes
• potato, potatoes
• torpedo, torpedoes
• veto, vetoes

Nouns ending in -ypreceded by a vowel, an -s is added to the end of the word.

• boy, boys
• chimney, chimneys
• day, days
• joy, joys
• turkey, turkeys

For nouns ending in a consonant -y, replace the ending -y with -ies.

• baby, babies
• daisy, daisies
• lady, ladies
• spy, spies
• story, stories

Most nouns ending in -f, add an -s to the end of the word, except:

Some nouns ending in -f or -fe, replace the ending -f or -fe with -ves.

• calf, calves
• leaf, leaves
• life, lives
• shelf, shelves
• wolf, wolves

Some nouns change their spelling (rather than add -s or -es) to form the plural:

• child, children
• foot, feet
• goose, geese
• man, men
• mouse, mice

Answer 3

Adding 'full' to a word changes it to an adjective examples: It is a wonder that he should care for the likes of you. He is a wonderful man. I need some help here. I am a helpful boy.

Answer 4

you take of the e of the word then add ed or if their is no e at the end just add ed

Answer 5

Verbs most often contain the suffix -ing; example running, fixing, buying.

Answer 6

1. you add the suffix 'ful' to a word because it is to describe how someone felt for example she was doubtful to her own friend.

Answer 7

The e is generally dropped from the end of the root word. For example, change + -ed is changed; change + ing is changing.

Answer 8

the purpose of adding ING to words is when the work is going on

Answer 9

A suffix is added on the end of a word. A prefix is added to the beginning of a word.

Answer 10

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