Stupid question. Don`t you see something right above you that ends in -ay? They change in the past because they are irregular verbs that are paid >. Say – > said. While in the present, they follow the exception of OY, AY, UY EY. To form the first person singular of a verb ending in a consonant plus “y”, the “y” must be changed to “-ies”. while the past involves exchanging “y” for “-ied”: Say – say pay – paid words ending in y, but the letter before it is vowel change not add ed And how about pay and say? Of course, these are also exceptions. For plurals, just change the “y” to “-ies”: Yes play is a word. Ex; Let`s wait and see how it develops before making any further changes. Or he was offered a role in two different Broadway plays. . The “y” to i rule does not always work; For example, some variants of “sneaky” may be written with a “y” or an “i” (for example.B. “slyest/sliest” and “slyer/slier”).
While the “y” to “i” rule is a good guideline, it`s still important to check the words if you`re not sure they`re spelled correctly. When a word ends with a vowel plus “-y”, it is usually easy to change it by adding a letter (or letters): adding “-ous”, for example, means that “joy” becomes “joyful”. The rule of thumb is this: for every word that ends with a consonant plus “-y”, replace the “y” with “i” when adding a suffix or forming a plural. However, when a word ends with a more “y” consonant, things get more complicated, which can make spelling difficult. To ensure that your written work is error-free, it`s helpful to keep an eye on the “y” to “i” rule. Similarly, y sometimes changes to i before adding other suffixes like -ed, -er, and -est. Anonymous, how horrible it is for them to make fun of a non-native speaker who is here to learn better English. Rafi should be encouraged! Good job to make the effort and learn better English! 🙂 If the verb is regular, we add -ed for the past tense and the past partizip: Changing an adjective to an adverb involves replacing the “y” with “-ily”: although changing “y” to “i” is usually not necessary if a word ends with a vowel plus “-y”, there are exceptions here too (such as changing from “tag” to “daily”). If a noun ends with a consonant before -y, we remove the y and we add -ies for the plural: If a verb ends with a vowel before -y, we simply add -s for the third person singular: If an adjective ends with a consonant plus “-y”, the “y” must be changed to “-i” or “-iest”: .
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