... CONSONANTSWhen adding an ending to a word that ends in a consonant, you double the consonant if:■the ending begins with a vowel (such as -ing, -ed, -age, -er, -ence, -ance, and -al)■the last syllable ... are alwaysaccented).Stop becomes stopping, stopped, stoppage, or stopper because stophas only one syllable (so it is accented), and it ends in a single consonant pre-ceded by a single vowel.Here ... the suffix -es must be added to form a plural.church/churchesbox/boxesplus/plussesIf the word ends in a consonant plus-y, change the -y into -ie and add an -s to form theplural.enemy/enemiesbaby/babiesWord...