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My only point from the beginning was you don't decline foreign words when used in English-grammar-context,regardless of case
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I think you got redherring'd by my "double genitive" expression
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Yes, that was certainly misleading - some people think that is "redundant" (e.g. don't like "from whence", which is attested)
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my view is that if it's a word any educated anglophone knows you inflect according to English rules, else it needs its own
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(So if I say "look at these octopodes" that's affectation, whereas "look at these octopi" could be correct under Eng rules)
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I'm with u as far as sing/plur. go.In fact I actually tend to prefer the foreign pl. regardless.But cases,idk.Very messy biz.
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I don't oppose use of foreign plurals for words with a standard English plural, you just have to expect the confused reaction
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