What is the plural of trolley?

[Caz10]

I thought it was trollies but MS Office is telling me trolleys...

[Bowddee]

Trolleys, it ends in ey.

[wheresthehamster]

I think I agree with MS...

[maidamess]

trolleys . Same as pulley is pulleys. If its ey iyts eys in the plural. if its just y its ies* in the plural. Like dolly.




I just made that up, hope its right.

[midnightexpress]

Yes, like monkeys (not monkies)

[Twiglett]

eys

[Caz10]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaah it's the ey isn't it?

i am clearly too tired to be doing this, thank you!

(and actually when I see how obvious it is in the monkeys eg)

[PollyLogos]

If there is a vowel before the y you just add s for the plural. If there is a consonant take of the y and add ies.

[BecauseImWorthIt]

Like 'chimneys'

[MamOfTwo]

Yes, I know this is a VERY old thread but just googled this very question! DC had a 'plurals' spelling test - she wrote 'trolleys' but it was marked incorrectly and teacher said 'trollies' was correct. Even Google seems confused but surely it's the 'ey' rule?

[Fifthtimelucky]

Teachers are not infallible unfortunately!

I agree with others that it is trolleys. The example I remember from my own primary school days is journeys.

[JoyceJames]

The junior school head where we used to live sine years ago used to produce a newsletter, rather too frequently for such a shocking speller.

[Ferretyone]

@midnightexpress

But of course - to add confusion - "We are [or were] the Monkies"

AAAAGH

[AskingQuestionsAllTheTime]

Hey, hey, they were The Monkees.

[theThreeofWeevils]

Hey, hey, they were The Monkees

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