prince - princes - princess
We have had a few queries about this word and similar ones. RULE: Nouns which have regular plurals and which, in their singular form end with a consonant + y, form their plural by changing the y into an 'i' and adding 'es'. So * baby becomes babies * lady becomes ladies * party becomes parties * enquiry becomes enquiries * and query becomes ... queries.
Indices are indexes, so the singular would be index.
The possessive singular of all English nouns, regardless of spelling, is formed by adding 's: heiress's (pronounced as if it were a plural).
A noun ending in -s forms the plural by adding -es to the end of the word.The singular proper noun Russ becomes the plural noun Russes.
Hmm... interesting question. I'm not sure it is just adding an s, but there are some noun forms that are singular when they end in S, and are plural when they end with something else. One of these groups are many nouns that end in -US. For instance, "octopi" is plural, and "octopus" is singular. So, it isn't just adding an s, but the s is one indicator that it is singular. Adding an apostrophe s to any noun makes it possessive and therefore singular.
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To change a singular noun to plural by adding an "S," simply append the letter "S" to the end of the word. For example, "cat" becomes "cats" and "book" becomes "books."
The word "princes" (and a few others where an -ess form is possible). Prince becomes plural when an S is added but becomes a singular noun (the female gender) by adding another S.
The noun change becomes changes for the plural.
Kansas becomes Arkansas by adding two letters
The word "secretary" can be both singular and plural. When referring to one person in the position, it is singular (e.g., "The secretary is busy."). When referring to multiple people in the position, it becomes plural by adding an "s" (e.g., "The secretaries are in a meeting.").
Yes, that is correct. The general rule is that nouns ending in a vowel followed by "y" form their plurals by simply adding an "s" to the singular form. For example, "valley" becomes "valleys" in the plural form.
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By adding 's'. e.g., boy - boys, toy - toys, key - keys, day - days etc.
Some examples are "fry" becomes "fries," "study" becomes "studies," and "cry" becomes "cries." These words follow the rule of changing the 'y' to 'i' and adding 'es' when making them plural or third person singular.
We have had a few queries about this word and similar ones. RULE: Nouns which have regular plurals and which, in their singular form end with a consonant + y, form their plural by changing the y into an 'i' and adding 'es'. So * baby becomes babies * lady becomes ladies * party becomes parties * enquiry becomes enquiries * and query becomes ... queries.
Yes. The possessive singular of all English nouns is formed by adding -'s.