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Yes, nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel form their plurals by adding s. For example, "essay" becomes "essays" and "donkey" becomes "donkeys."
You have to change the y to an I and add the es
Nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a vowel form their plurals by adding the letter 's'. Examples:one day, two daysone boy, two boysone play, two playsone blue-jay, two blue-jays
yes, such as: way-->ways valley-->valleys decoy-->decoys guy-->guys
es, like echo- e choes that would be plural
The plural of cavity is cavities.The rule for plurals of words ending with a consonant + yis to change the y to an i and add es.Other examples:baby, babiesparty, partiesThe plurals of proper names ending with consonant + y is to just add s.e.g.Kennedy, KennedysJuly, Julys
Yes, nouns ending in y preceded by a vowel form their plurals by adding s. For example, "essay" becomes "essays" and "donkey" becomes "donkeys."
leaf,calf,knife,wife
You have to change the y to an I and add the es
Nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a vowel form their plurals by adding the letter 's'. Examples:one day, two daysone boy, two boysone play, two playsone blue-jay, two blue-jays
yes, such as: way-->ways valley-->valleys decoy-->decoys guy-->guys
Vicinities, almost all plurals of words that end "y" is "ies".
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- seizesThe 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)
es, like echo- e choes that would be plural
The plural is valleys.Unlike nouns ending in -y (ally, spy), English nouns ending in -ay or -ey form regular S plurals.
Some three letter words ending in Y are:anybaybuycaycoycrydaydryfryflygayguyhayheyjayjoykeylaymaypayraysaysoyshyslyspystywaywhywry
For nouns that end in a consonant + 'y', you need to drop the final 'y' and add '-ies' to form the plural. For example:baby > babiesgallery > galleriescandy > candiesfly > fliesparty > parties