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Nouns that end with 'f' or 'fe' are made plural by dropping the 'f' or the 'fe' and adding 'ves'. The plural for sheaf is sheaves.
Sure thing, honey. Words like "leaf" and "knife" turn into "leaves" and "knives" when they want to bring their friends along. So, if you see a word ending in "f" or "fe," just add "ves" and you're good to go.
To make the singular nouns ending in f and fe plural, change f to v then add es. Examples: wife - wives thief - thieves
Most noun ending with f, just add an S at the end. example: oaf = oafs cuff = cuffs For some nouns ending in f or fe, replace the ending f or fe with ves: leaf = leaves life = lives
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Nouns that end with 'f' or 'fe' are made plural by dropping the 'f' or the 'fe' and adding 'ves'. The plural for sheaf is sheaves.
The usual plural form for words ending in -f or -ef is to drop the f and add ves. There are exceptions to this rule where only an s is added to the end of the words.
Sure thing, honey. Words like "leaf" and "knife" turn into "leaves" and "knives" when they want to bring their friends along. So, if you see a word ending in "f" or "fe," just add "ves" and you're good to go.
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Most nouns that end with 'f' or 'fe' are made plural by dropping the 'f' or 'fe' and adding 'ves'. The plural for thief is thieves (not thiefs).
To make the singular nouns ending in f and fe plural, change f to v then add es. Examples: wife - wives thief - thieves
The only time you would add "es" to make a plural for a word ending in "f" is if the plural requires that the "f" be changed to a "v". For example: thief becomes thieves. If the "f" doesn't change, then just add "s".
Most noun ending with f, just add an S at the end. example: oaf = oafs cuff = cuffs For some nouns ending in f or fe, replace the ending f or fe with ves: leaf = leaves life = lives
Nouns that end in 'f' or 'fe' are:beefbeliefcalfchefclefcliffcuffdwarfelffifegiraffegoofhalfknifeleaflifeloafproofpuffreefreliefroofsafescarfselfshelfspoofstrifesurfthiefwifewolf
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Some examples of words ending in 'f' and 'fe' that is changed to 'ves' to form the plural are:calf - calveshalf - halveself - elveshoof - hoovesknife - knivesleaf - leaveslife - livesloaf - loavesself - selvessheaf - sheavesshelf - shelvesthief - thieveswife - wiveswolf - wolves
There are 13 words that have this form in plural. calf, half, knife, life, wife, elf, self, shelf, leaf, sheaf, thief, loaf and wolf. All words have the ending "ves" instead of "f" or "fe". 4 words have two plural endings. The words in these cases are able just to add a "s" onto their word instead of "ves". dwarf, hoof, scarf og wharf.