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Grammar and Linguistics > Monkeys or Monkies
Monkeys or Monkies
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Panteleimon
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Monkeys or Monkies
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Hello,
is it possible to have a plural of monkey to monkeys... just asking because i saw some sites using monkey instead of monkies as i know it plural of monkey.. |
29 Nov 2010
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Panteleimon
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So, you want to know if the proper spelling is monkies or monkeys? The actual proper human English spelling is monkeys. See the plural form of monkey Why is this domain name infinitemonkies.com? The monkeys didn�t know how to spell at the time of domain registration 
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29 Nov 2010
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yanogator
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The "ies" rule is for words ending in "y" after a consonant, not after a vowel.
battery - batteries
party - parties
tray - trays
monkey - monkeys
toy - toys
Bruce |
29 Nov 2010
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douglas
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and what about "The Monkees" (Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith, Mickey Dolan, and Davy Jones)? |
29 Nov 2010
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