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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoOctopus is a word of Greek origin. Nothing to do with Latin rules.
minus-squareLeFrog@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoYeah that part is correct but the first part of the sentence of level 3 is not :)
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoOctopus is an English word so it is perfectly correct to pluralise it as octopuses. To use octopi is definitely wrong (it’s the wrong foreign pluralisation), octopodes is using an uncommon foreign pluralisation so it’s not wrong, just non standard
Octopus is a word of Greek origin. Nothing to do with Latin rules.
Yeah that part is correct but the first part of the sentence of level 3 is not :)
Octopus is an English word so it is perfectly correct to pluralise it as octopuses. To use octopi is definitely wrong (it’s the wrong foreign pluralisation), octopodes is using an uncommon foreign pluralisation so it’s not wrong, just non standard