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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What is the plural form of the word status?

Is it stati? Or does is stay status?? Statuses?? Emotion: hmm
  

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This question is asked periodically. I'd tell you to use the search function to find the answer, but you'll find threads and threads full of inaccurate, misleading posts. " 2-It is NOT in the same class of nouns as, say, octopus, which would become "octopi" in the plural, so "stati" is completely wrong, applying the wrong Latin rule.

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  • This question is asked periodically.
  • I'd tell you to use the search function to find the answer, but you'll find threads and threads full of inaccurate, misleading posts.
  • " 2-It is NOT in the same class of nouns as, say, octopus, which would become "octopi" in the plural, so "stati" is completely wrong, applying the wrong Latin rule.
  • 3-Most English speakers don't know enough Latin to recognize that stat-toose is the plural of stat-uss, and would regard it as incorrect, since you can't hear the pronunication in writing.
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This question is asked periodically. I'd tell you to use the search function to find the answer, but you'll find threads and threads full of inaccurate, misleading posts.

Here's the deal:

1-The original Latin word would have been made plural by changing the pronunciation of the "us" to what sounds like "oose," but it would still be spelled "status."

2-It is NOT in the sa
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