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There are four major groups of words ending in -es and a special case:
- plurals of words ending in E (bone-bones, face-faces)
- plurals of words ending in CH, SH S, X, or SS (beach-beaches, leash-leashes, gas-gases, tax-taxes, compass-compasses)
- plurals of some words ending in Y, becoming -IES (copy-copies, reply-replies)
- third-person singular verb forms of some verbs ending in E or Y (see-sees, seize- seizes
The special case is for words from Greek that end in -IS, which form an ES plural
(axis-axes, basis-bases, analysis-analyses).
(see the related question for a list)
What else can I help you with?
How do you make sentences with the phrasal words stave off?
by changig or adding ing to the end of a word or adding es to the end of the world
How do you make words ending in is plural?
To make words ending in "is" plural, change "is" to "es" at the end of the word. For example, "analysis" becomes "analyses," and "thesis" becomes "theses."
What are two words that end in z that you can add the suffix es to?
amazesapologizesbaptizesbrutalizesblazesbreezescrazescriminalizescustomizesdozesenergizesemphasizesfantasizesfreezesgazesgeneralizesglamorizeshazeshomogenizesmazesmemorizesnaturalizesoptimizesprizespopularizesrealizessanitizessizessummarizessterilizestheorizestraumatizestantalizestranquilizestrivializes
List of words that end in es?
A list of words that end with ES:admiresbootiesclothesduesglasseshadesseriesyes
When do you add es to a noun?
Hard and fast rules are hard to come by but here are some guidelines on words that end in 'es' where an 'e' does not end the singular. 1. Word ends in an 's' or 'ss'
What words can you add es to?
Words that end in s, x , ch, sh or z require an -es to form the plural.
Words that you add ites to the end of the word?
Most words whose singular ends in "s" form their plural by adding "es". Examples: stress, stresses; fuss, fusses. Some (but not all) words that end with a vowel other than "e" form their plural by adding "es". Examples: tomato, tomatoes; hero, heroes. Words that end with a "y" preceded by a consonant change the "y" to an "i" and add "es". Examples: pony, ponies; pinny, pinnies; tally, tallies.
What is the plural forms of es?
Words ending with s, x, ch, sh, and z add 'es' to the end of the word to form the plural. Examples:class, classesbox, boxesmatch, matcheswish, wisheswaltz, waltzes
What rule needs to be remembered when adding 'es'?
When adding 'es' to a word, you need to remember to add this suffix to words that end in 's,' 'x,' 'z,' 'ch,' or 'sh' to maintain the correct spelling and pronunciation.
What four letter words end in es?
Lies dies
Why do some words that end with an o have es for pluralizing eg tomoatoes and some words do not have es when pluralizing words ending in o eg photos solos?
And a few words, like hobo, can take either form. Potatoes and tomatoes probably became -es words long ago by analogy with the word toes. Words like photos and pros are abbreviations, and words like solos and studios and folios are foreign.
Why do you add es to the end of words?
The letters "es" form the conjugations or plurals of words that already end in an S, X, Z, CH, or SH sound, because the additional sibilant S is pronounced in that way.Example : The word "kiss" already ends in a long sibilant S. The plural "kisses" adds an entire "ES" sound instead of extending the sibilant. The spelling reflects this.Example : The word "catch" becomes "catches", because linguistically you cannot add a sibilant to the end of the "shh" sound.* Only SOME of the words that end in an O use the "es" to form their plural, and this is not a consistent occurrence. Examples are hero (heroes) and potato (potatoes).
