On a lighter note: plural of mongoose is mongooses but not uncommon to hear mongeese simply through sheer number of people saying
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Octopuses is correct. Octopi is based on a false assumption. Octopodes is technically correct but sounds pretentious
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I think it a good thing to have a plurality of plurals. IMHO the biggest problem with octopus is that it has five plurals too few.
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how about virus? Viruses? Virii? Lots of virus?
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@yogthos finally - I have been really troubled for years about thisThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@stevyncolgan Yay! It's official. I'm NOT an ignorant slob!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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