my tires are flat

Rick D.A1Kwiziq community member

my tires are flat

This is misspelled, should be tyres.
This question relates to:French lesson "Forming the plural of French nouns ending in -eu"
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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Well, in the US they are tires. ;)

 

-- Chris. 

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AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Both spellings are correct : "tire" is more US, whereas "tyre" is more UK :)

http://grammarist.com/spelling/tire-tyre/

Bonne journée !

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Rick D. asked:

my tires are flat

This is misspelled, should be tyres.

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