5 if a singular noun ends in y and the letter before the y is a consonant change the ending to ies to make the noun plural.
Give the plural of roof.
Roofs is the plural of roof in all varieties of english.
The possessive form for the singular noun roof is roof s the plural form for the noun roof is rooves the plural possessive form is rooves.
Rooves is an old secondary form and it still appears occasionally by analogy with other irregular plurals such as hooves but it is not common enough to be considered standard.
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Give the plural form of goose.
Roofs is the plural of roof in all varieties of english.
Thus the plural of goof is goofs not gooves.
4 if the noun ends with f or fe the f is often changed to ve before adding the s to form the plural version.
The plural form of roof is roofs or rooves.
So the best we can say is that the plural form of roof is variable where roofs is the preferred plural in many style manuals although i can see.
The plural of roof is roofs.
Rooves says roofs is the plural of roof in all varieties of english.
I think plural of roof is rooves but i m not sure it s right or wrong.
Rooves is an old secondary form and it still appears occasionally by analogy with other irregular plurals such as hooves but it is not common enough to be considered standard.
English 3 forming noun plurals.