1)以y结尾的专有名词,或元音字母+y结尾的名词变复数时,直接加s变复数:
如: twoMarys theHenrys
monkey---monkeys holiday---holidays
比较:层楼:storey---storeys story---stories2)以o结尾的名词,变复数时:
a.加s,如:photo---photos piano---pianos
radio---radios zoo---zoos;
b.加es,如:potato--potatoes tomato--tomatoes
c.均可,如:zero---zeros/zeroes 3)以f或fe结尾的名词变复数时:
a.加s,如:belief---beliefs roof---roofs
safe---safes gulf---gulfs;
b.去f,fe加ves,如:half---halves
knife---knives leaf---leaves wolf---wolves
wife---wives life---lives thief---thieves;
c.均可,如: handkerchief:
handkerchiefs/handkerchieves