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I'm a linguistic descriptivist. Tons of thing we now consider bedrock English grammar are overeager Latin grammar pedants putting Latin rules into English grammar books to make them thicker than the competition's books. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Octopi!https://twitter.com/sometimeslyosha/status/951551219130040321 …
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But do you know about octopodes? https://youtu.be/wFyY2mK8pxk
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Kory Stamper FTW.
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To be yet more pedantic, “salad” is singular and should govern “was marinated.” Unless plural “salad” is another British usage, such as “committee.”
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Serves us right for no longer teaching classical Greek! Doofuses! :)
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Platypi is a favourite & cumuli
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One Kleenex®, two Kleenices®
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