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Thongmd Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Photo or photoes

Hi everybody!

I have a question as folows:

Can you explain me about the differential of plural of photo: photos or photoes

when i search in the Internet about plural of photo: there are lot of "photos" and "photoes" to be found.

Best Regards!

Mai Duc Thong
  

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Hi, Only photos is correct. There is a lot of incorrect English on the internet. Clive

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Hi,



Only photos is correct.



There is a lot of incorrect English on the internet.Emotion: crying
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Hi,

Clive is right.
However, I think it's ok to use photoes if u say/chat/email a friend in a casual way
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Hi,

But why would you want to add an 'e'? What do you gain?

Clive
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First of all thank you so much guys.

Yes, I only think "photos" is correct

Best regards.
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Hi,

I don't do but some odd guys do.

Look fun. I think.
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Hi,



Or do you mean looke fune?Emotion: smile



Clive
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The reaon one would add the "e" would be to differentiate it in cadence: if someone's name was "Photos" it would be phonotactically usual for an English-speaker to pronounce it "foe-toss." Dictionaries state that there is no "e", yet, it is a perfectly sensible application of existing English spelling dynamics. I understand that "photo's" is the original form, and that the apostrophe that indi
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The uncertainty about the correct spelling is caused by this:
English nouns ending in "o" such as potato, tomato, mosquito etc. have the "- es" ending in their plural form (potatoes). That is why one could reasonably expect also the word "photo" to have this kind of plural form as well, but it is not the case, for one reason or another.

Peter
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