verbs ending in vowels and -ay etc

verbs ending in vowels and -ay etc
verbs ending in vowels and -ay etc
The following table lists routine inflections of representative verbs having certain awkward vowel endings in their base forms, and shows any exceptions:
verbs in -ay
allay / allays / allayed / allaying
play / plays / played / playing / playable
exceptions
lay / lays / laid / laying / layable
pay / pays / paid / paying / payable
say / says / said / saying / sayable
verbs in -ey
convey / conveys / conveyed / conveying / conveyable
verbs in -i
ski / skis / skied / skiing
taxi / taxis / taxied / taxiing
verbs in -ie
die / dies / died / dying
verbs in -o
veto / vetoes / vetoed / vetoing
video / videoes / videoed / videoing
verbs in -oy
enjoy / enjoys / enjoyed / enjoying / enjoyable
cloy / cloys / cloyed / cloying
verbs in -uy
buy / buys / bought / buying / buyable
guy / guys / guyed / guying
verbs in -y after a consonant
copy / copies / copied / copying / copiable
deny / denies / denied / denying / deniable
specify / specifies / specified / specifying / specifiable
try / tries / tried / trying / triable
verbs in -ye
dye / dyes / dyed / dyeing* / dyable
*to avoid confusion with dying from die.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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