Plurals of nouns ending in 'f' or 'fe'

Usually to make the plural of a word ending in 'f' or 'fe', change the 'f' or 'fe' to a 'v' and add 'es'.

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Do we add 's' or 'es' to make the plural of words ending in 'o'?

A quick look at spelling rules for words that end in 'y'.

Sometimes to make a word plural we need to change most of the word!

There are some words where the plural is the same as the singular.

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