Most plural nouns are formed by adding an 's', an 'es', or changing the last letter to 'ies'. Nouns that don't conform to this rule are called irregular nouns and use a change in spelling the word to form the plural or don't change at all to be used as plural. Some example of some irregular plural nouns are: one man to the plural men one foot to the plural feet one mouse to the plural mice one cactus to the plural cacti one goose to the plural geese one oasis to the plural oases one beau to the plural beaux one sheep to the plural sheep
Some plural nouns that end in -es or -ies are:baby, babiesberry, berriesbox, boxesbranch, branchesflash, flashesfox, foxesglass, glassesguess, guesseskiss, kissesmatch, matchesmiss, missespony, poniesquiz, quizzesshelf, shelvesstory, storieswaltz, waltzeswatch, watcheswish, wisheswolf, wolveswrench, wrenches
Yes, "ies" can be a suffix in English. It is commonly used to form plural nouns from singular nouns by replacing the final "y" with "ies." For example, "city" becomes "cities" and "baby" becomes "babies."
Nouns that end in consonant + y change to -ies for their plural form.eg baby - babies, city - citiesBasic sentences with plural nouns are the same as any basic sentencesubject + verb + objectThe babies like chocolate milk. The cities are growing fast. The families met by the river.
The plural of nouns that end in "y" can be formed by changing the "y" to "i" and adding "es." For example, "city" becomes "cities" in the plural form.
Nouns that end in -y preceded by a consonant are made plural by changing the -y to -ies: body - bodies.
Most plural nouns are formed by adding an 's', an 'es', or changing the last letter to 'ies'. Nouns that don't conform to this rule are called irregular nouns and use a change in spelling the word to form the plural or don't change at all to be used as plural. Some example of some irregular plural nouns are: one man to the plural men one foot to the plural feet one mouse to the plural mice one cactus to the plural cacti one goose to the plural geese one oasis to the plural oases one beau to the plural beaux one sheep to the plural sheep
English nouns ending in -y generally form the plural in -ies: follies
Some plural nouns that end in -es or -ies are:baby, babiesberry, berriesbox, boxesbranch, branchesflash, flashesfox, foxesglass, glassesguess, guesseskiss, kissesmatch, matchesmiss, missespony, poniesquiz, quizzesshelf, shelvesstory, storieswaltz, waltzeswatch, watcheswish, wisheswolf, wolveswrench, wrenches
The flies are sitting on the ceiling. The babiesare crying.Adding -ies to a word is a way of making plural nouns. Some nouns you just add an -s to make the plural -- boy - boys. Some nouns you add -es -- box boxes. Words that end in -y change, the y changes to i then you add es -- fly - flies, baby - babies
Most plural nouns are formed by adding an 's', an 'es', or changing the last letter to 'ies'. Nouns that don't conform to this rule are called irregular nouns and use a change in spelling the word to form the plural or don't change at all to be used as plural. Some example of some irregular plural nouns are: one man to the plural men one foot to the plural feet one mouse to the plural mice one cactus to the plural cacti one goose to the plural geese one oasis to the plural oases one beau to the plural beaux one sheep to the plural sheep
Yes, "ies" can be a suffix in English. It is commonly used to form plural nouns from singular nouns by replacing the final "y" with "ies." For example, "city" becomes "cities" and "baby" becomes "babies."
Nouns that end in consonant + y change to -ies for their plural form.eg baby - babies, city - citiesBasic sentences with plural nouns are the same as any basic sentencesubject + verb + objectThe babies like chocolate milk. The cities are growing fast. The families met by the river.
Proper nouns that end with Y add an S to form the plural.Examples:one Mary; two Marysone Harry; two Harrysone Kennedy; two Kennedysone Choy; two ChoysProper nouns do not change the Y to IES to form the plural.
Here are some examples of nouns with the plural form ending in -ies -- you'll notice that the singular ends in -y:liberty - libertiesvictory - victoriescountry - countriesenemy - enemiesarmy - armies and navy - naviesdirty - dirtierhappy - happierduty - dutieslily - liliesreply - replieslady - ladiesspy - spiesstory - storiesbutterfly - butterfliesnappy - nappieshappy - happiescry-cries
Curries. With most (not all) nouns that end in y, you drop the y and add ies to make the word plural. Examples: baby babies story stories candy candies
The basic rule is for nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant, the plural is formed by dripping the 'y' and 'ies'. For nouns ending in 'y' preceded by a vowel, the plural is formed by adding 's' only. Why this came about, I do not know. Perhaps a question for the category 'word origins'.Some examples for nouns that drop the Y and add IES for plurals are:babiesdaisiesladiesstoriesdairiesfairiespartiescountriesSome examples for nouns that do not drop the Y for plurals:alleysboyschimneysdaysessaysjoyskeysmonkeys