What do you call more than one platy or cory?

Hello,

I've seen multiple spelling for the plural of platy/cory. According to conventional grammar rules, it should be "platies" or "cories," but I've seen it spelled both ways many a time. Oddly enough, I tend to say "platys" and "cories," but I recently switched to "platies" because according to convention, I believe it should be spelled that way.

What do you think?

 

drop the "y" and add "ies" is the way I've been taught...

 

Woah let's not get technical here... okay fine.

If you want to be "grammically" correct, I would suggest the "ies". But I usually use the "ys" instead. Other than that, I have no idea.

 

I've always wondered about this as well!

I tend to stray away from the conventional rules and say "platys" and "corys" quite often. I don't do it on purpose, but I see it spelled like that more often than the "right" way.

 

Platies, cories, mollies.
Makes sense to me.

I've seen them spelled both ways.

 

I agree with the general consensus. I've always spelled cories "cories," but when I first joined I guess I saw "more than one platy" spelled as "platys" and it stuck.

Just wondering what everyone else thought.. Although I study engineering, I've always been a grammar nut (which is uncommon in the engineering world), so I think about things like this.

 

Drop the Y, add ies

Although I study engineering, I've always been a grammar nut (which is uncommon in the engineering world),

Oh you are SO right about that! I'm married to an engineer and he has the MATH brains, I have the grammar and spelling
It's all good! Luckily, our son came out with BOTH.

 

Most of us are not in first grade anymore, we are getting a little rusty with our grammar ;D

 

Most of us are not in first grade anymore, we are getting a little rusty with our grammar ;D

haha That's how I keep my skills up - I practice with my 1st grader!!! LOL

 

Oh you are SO right about that! I'm married to an engineer and he has the MATH brains, I have the grammar and spelling
It's all good! Luckily, our son came out with BOTH.

How convenient! I think it's because I am also a musician, so I use both halves of my brain.

 

How convenient! I think it's because I am also a musician, so I use both halves of my brain.

I studied music for a very long time too but I can't do math to save my beehive!!!

 

Plural of cory is cory's IMO - cory is an abbreviation of corydoras, which is both singular and plural. Note the apostrophe in this example is used indicate the word has been shortened, not to represent ownership

Plural of platy - platy, platys or platies. All are acceptable.

 

I do both Cories and Corys

 

I think it all depends on form of communication that you are using:

Oral communication, I would use "Corys, Platys, Mollys, Guppys"

Written communication, I would use "Cories, Platies, Mollies, Guppies"

 

They sound exactly the same in oral conversation though!

 

I forgot about that Ryan, some people do use "platy" as plural for more than one platy. However I don't think I could ever bring myself to use "cory's." I obviously understand your reasoning, but plenty of people misuse apostrophes in a similar matter, and you know..

 

They sound exactly the same in oral conversation though!

Exactly....lol

 

Well, when I am around my younger siblings I like to spell out things I don't want them to hear... I suppose that is one way to make them sound different

 

I don't have platies and so never thought about them but when I do cory I tend to follow the same spelling as whatever thread I'm in. Of course when I'm using my phone it's anybody's guess how it'll get spelled. I had to do platy 3 times because it kept.putting in "plagues".

 

I don't have platies and so never thought about them but when I do cory I tend to follow the same spelling as whatever thread I'm in. Of course when I'm using my phone it's anybody's guess how it'll get spelled. I had to do platy 3 times because it kept.putting in "plagues".

Autocorrect is the worst...my phone does NOT think that "band" is a word (it's either "hand" or "NAND," whatever that is). It also likes to correct "bad" to "had," for some reason. My phone has finally learned that "cories," "nerites," "shrimpies" etc. are words.

 

Autocorrect is the worst...my phone does NOT think that "band" is a word (it's either "hand" or "NAND," whatever that is). It also likes to correct "bad" to "had," for some reason. My phone has finally learned that "cories," "nerites," "shrimpies" etc. are words.

My auto correct was featured in the news here.
I texted my friend that I love Fried chicken
my phone auto corrected and said I love fried CHILDREN!
hahaha

 

My naughty phone won't do anything right. During my battles w/ autocorrect and the phone in general... I get 'd

 

My auto correct was featured in the news here.
I texted my friend that I love Fried chicken
my phone auto corrected and said I love fried CHILDREN!
hahaha

Yum Yum

 

My auto correct was featured in the news here.
I texted my friend that I love Fried chicken
my phone auto corrected and said I love fried CHILDREN!
hahaha

 

Another time I text my hubby that I was going to get him now ( referring to picking up my son )
instead, it said, I am going to GAY him now!
My hubby replies, wow, only a mom has special powers to be able to do that to her son!!!

 

Now I'm confused???

 

Tigress, her phone changed "get him now" to "gay him now." As in, she was going to go gayificate him. (That's a word, I'm pretty sure.)

 

Nice . Thanks for the explanation kinezumi. I stared at the post for about 5 minutes and gave up.

 

Tigress, her phone changed "get him now" to "gay him now." As in, she was going to go gayificate him. (That's a word, I'm pretty sure.)

As only a mother can do