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If you are adding the suffixes -ing or -ish to a word ending in y, you do not need to change the y to i. This is so there isn’t double i in the word. For example: |
If the suffix is ing or ish do not change the y to i – otherwise you end up with words with double i in them!
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If there is another vowel just before the y, you also do not need to change the y to i. This is so there aren’t too many vowels clumped together in the word.
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Add the suffix to the root word. |
Type the whole word: |
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