(March 17, 2024 at 3:18 pm)Paleophyte Wrote:(March 17, 2024 at 2:01 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: If octopus is an English word, then the correct plural is ‘octopuses’
Or "octopus", "octopes", "octopeese", "octopices", etc. English hath no single grammatical rule for pluralization, so "octopi" is as acceptable as anything else.
Quote:To further this, ‘pedanticists’ isn’t a word. Neither is ‘pedanticism’ - the word is ‘pedantry’. People who practice it are called ‘pedants’.
Here endeth the lesson.
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Enjoy your schooling.
You started it.

Boru
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