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| موضوع: When do you add ies es at end of a word? الإثنين ديسمبر 24, 2012 9:14 pm | |
| When do you add ies at end of a word 1 When forming the plural of singular words that end in the letter Y, the Y is removed and replaced by IE, followed by the S. Examples : property / properties -- city / cities -- viscosity / viscosities If a verb ends with a consonant before -y, we remove the y and add -ies for the third person singular: I, you, we, they try / he, she, it tries I, you, we, they cry / he, she, it cries I, you, we, they fly / he, she, it flies Read more at http://www.usingenglish.com/articles/spelling-nouns-verbs-ending-y.html#o5AqL03Q8wKlbAL2.99When do you add es to make a noun plural 2 ? The ending 'es' is added to words that finish in the following consonant blends: s, ss, ch, sh, z, zz, x Some words ending in o need an 'es' rather than 's'. | |
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