Correct spelling, explanation: turkeys is the correct plural form of turkey; to create a plural form of words ending with y preceded by a vowel we just add s at the end. If y is preceded by a consonant, y is transformed to I to which we add -es. In this case, turkey ends with ey, so with a vowel before y. This is the reason for the plural form to be turkeys. Therefore turkies is incorrect.
Definition of turkeys:
noun, plural form of turkey, a big bird of domestic poultry; (note: Turkey is also a name of the country in West Asia, however, it has not got a plural form)
My grandma keeps some turkeys at her farm.
I don’t like chickens. Turkeys are much tastier.
Incorrect spelling, explanation: this form is mistaken because to create the plural form of nouns we ass s at the end. There are a few exceptions, and one of them is the case when a word ends with y with a consonant before it (y is then transformed to i). However, here we have a singular form turkey, so y is preceded by e, which is a vowel. Therefore the correct plural form is turkeys, not turkies.
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not certain why you are assing s… 🙂
It’s our pleasure 🙂
thank you so much!
We add s at the end, not ass. Lol
Actually, I wasn’t shown this spelling.
I looked on the net to learn more on these spellings and learned that most sources will go along with these views on matter.