12 nouns in English ending in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ form their plural into ‘ves’
These are the following nouns:
calf, half knife, leaf, life loaf, self, sheaf, shelf, thief, wife, wolf
For example:
I saw one wolf.
They saw many wolves.
Some nouns ending in ‘f’ can either take ‘s’ or ‘ves’
For example:
I have one scarf.
She has two scarfs or She has two scarves.
Many nouns ending in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ form their plural in the regular way:
For example:
a handkerchief – handkerchiefs
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