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Some plural nouns end in -ies.





                     butterflies



                                                                   canaries





                                                   canary


                butterfly





            Word File

             Singular          Plural

             baby              babies
             cherry            cherries                                           lilies

             diary             diaries                                lily
             dictionary        dictionaries
             fairy             fairies

             family            families
             fly               flies                                   candies

             lady              ladies                       candy
             library           libraries
             puppy             puppies

             story             stories
             strawberry        strawberries




           Grammar      Help     Nouns like these are made                      i    +




                                 plural by changing y to i, and                    y         es
                                 adding -es.




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