Spelling rules

Rena · 04-04-06, 11:51 AM

HI,

SPELLING RULES
1.Singular nouns ending with 'ch/sh/s/o/x' take 'es' as the plural form.

Examples:
Bench-benches
Brush-brushes
Class-classes
Box-boxes
Potato-potatoes

Some Exceptions:

Some of the words ending with 'o' do not take 'es'

Examples:
Video-videos
Dynamo-dynamos
2.Singular nouns ending with 'y' take 'ies' as the plural form.

Examples:
City-cities
Country-countries
Lady-ladies

Some exceptions:

If a word contains a vowel before the letter 'y',it do not take 'ies' as its plural form.

Examples:
Monkey-monkeys
Toy-toys

3.Singular nouns ending with 'f' or 'fe' take 'ves' as the plural form.

Examples:
Leaf-leaves
Calf-calves

Some exceptions:

Some of the words takes only 's' as plural form.

Examples:
Roof-roofs
Chief-chiefs

4.Some words have the same form for both singular and plural

Examples:
Deer
Fish

5.Some appear like plural but they are singular.

Examples:
News
Physics

6.Some words takes different spelling for plural.

Examples:
Man-men
Mouse-mice
Foot-feet

**Spoorthi** · 04-04-06, 12:22 PM

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P Malathy · 12-04-06, 02:41 AM

Well said Rena. There are actually 9 major spelling rules in English. Hence we make the forum open for the discussion on those 9 rules.

P Malathy, Lecturer, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore - 35.

04-04-06, 11:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rena Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 609 Thanks: 0 Thanked 24 Times in 8 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 24 Times in 8 Posts Rep Power: 10	HI, SPELLING RULES 1.Singular nouns ending with 'ch/sh/s/o/x' take 'es' as the plural form. Examples: Bench-benches Brush-brushes Class-classes Box-boxes Potato-potatoes Some Exceptions: Some of the words ending with 'o' do not take 'es' Examples: Video-videos Dynamo-dynamos 2.Singular nouns ending with 'y' take 'ies' as the plural form. Examples: City-cities Country-countries Lady-ladies Some exceptions: If a word contains a vowel before the letter 'y',it do not take 'ies' as its plural form. Examples: Monkey-monkeys Toy-toys 3.Singular nouns ending with 'f' or 'fe' take 'ves' as the plural form. Examples: Leaf-leaves Calf-calves Some exceptions: Some of the words takes only 's' as plural form. Examples: Roof-roofs Chief-chiefs 4.Some words have the same form for both singular and plural Examples: Deer Fish 5.Some appear like plural but they are singular. Examples: News Physics 6.Some words takes different spelling for plural. Examples: Man-men Mouse-mice Foot-feet __________________ \"A GREAT PLEASURE IN LIFE IS DOING WHAT PEOPLE SAY YOU CANNOT DO\".

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P Malathy Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post Rep Power: 4	Well said Rena. There are actually 9 major spelling rules in English. Hence we make the forum open for the discussion on those 9 rules. P Malathy, Lecturer, SNS College of Technology, Coimbatore - 35.

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