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	<title>Comments on: &#8220;I&#8221; before &#8220;E&#8221; except after &#8220;Treasur&#8221;</title>
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		<title>By: J</title>
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		<dc:creator>J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m confused by your example - &quot;Treasurys&quot; is certainly not the plural of &quot;Treasury;&quot; Rather, &quot;Treasuries&quot; is the correct spelling. 

The plural rule for words ending in &quot;y&quot; is to just add an &quot;s&quot; when the letter before the &quot;y&quot; is a vowel and to drop the &quot;y&quot; and use &quot;ies&quot; when the letter before the &quot;y&quot; is a consonant. 

So: 
Treasury -&gt; Treasuries because of the &quot;r&quot; before the &quot;y&quot;.
Monkey -&gt; Monkeys because of the &quot;e&quot; before the &quot;y&quot;

With that said, it may be that the WSJ has adopted the archaic spelling (e.g. &quot;monies&quot;) nonetheless.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m confused by your example &#8211; &#8220;Treasurys&#8221; is certainly not the plural of &#8220;Treasury;&#8221; Rather, &#8220;Treasuries&#8221; is the correct spelling. </p>
<p>The plural rule for words ending in &#8220;y&#8221; is to just add an &#8220;s&#8221; when the letter before the &#8220;y&#8221; is a vowel and to drop the &#8220;y&#8221; and use &#8220;ies&#8221; when the letter before the &#8220;y&#8221; is a consonant. </p>
<p>So:<br />
Treasury -> Treasuries because of the &#8220;r&#8221; before the &#8220;y&#8221;.<br />
Monkey -> Monkeys because of the &#8220;e&#8221; before the &#8220;y&#8221;</p>
<p>With that said, it may be that the WSJ has adopted the archaic spelling (e.g. &#8220;monies&#8221;) nonetheless.</p>
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		<title>By: Ray</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Treasurys has always been the way the WSJ has spelled it; it&#039;s not a typo.

I believe it is actually the &quot;correct&quot; way, but over the years, &quot;Treasuries&quot; has also  become acceptable.

I still use &quot;Treasurys&quot; in my writings.  Is the plural of &quot;monkey&quot; not &quot;monkeys?&quot;  It certainly isn&#039;t &quot;monkies.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Treasurys has always been the way the WSJ has spelled it; it&#8217;s not a typo.</p>
<p>I believe it is actually the &#8220;correct&#8221; way, but over the years, &#8220;Treasuries&#8221; has also  become acceptable.</p>
<p>I still use &#8220;Treasurys&#8221; in my writings.  Is the plural of &#8220;monkey&#8221; not &#8220;monkeys?&#8221;  It certainly isn&#8217;t &#8220;monkies.&#8221;</p>
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