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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

The spelling of the plural of "to journey

I have just looked on iPlayer at the BBC2 Programme list for tonight and the information for the programme "Great British Railway Journeys" is written as follows: 'Michael Portillo "journies" through the Republic of Ireland from the rugged beauty of County Kerry to end in the city of Galway on the Atlantic coast.' Is the spelling of journies correct as I always thought it was spelt "journeys" as in the title!
  

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You're right — it should be journeys . Rover

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You're right — it should be journeys.

Rover
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Words ending in -ey keep that spelling, adding an s. Attorneys, journeys, keys, monkeys, etc.
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Both are right. One, "journies" is the third person singular of the verb "to journey", while "journeys" is the plural of the noun "journey".
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AnonymousBoth are right. One, "journies" is the third person singular of the verb "to journey", while "journeys" is the plural of the noun "journey".
Which dictionary or grammar book says this?

MacMillan Dictionary has this for parts of the verb "journey":

present tense
I/you/we/they journey
he/she/it journeys
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When a noun ends with [vowel] + y, you only need to add an "s" to form the plural (e.g. donkeys, journeys). When a noun ends with [consonant] + y, change the y to an i and add es (e.g. stories, pennies).

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"To journey" is a verb, so there isn't a plural.

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