What’s the Plural of Cactus?
Cactuses and cacti are both accepted to mean more than one of these sturdy desert plants, the cactus.
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Dalia Y
Started Grammarflex(ing) in 2022—been a word nerd and writing enthusiast ever since. (BA, MA in phil).
What’s the Plural of Crisis?
Crisis, which comes from Greek, is crises as a plural noun form. Crises is the only correct plural of crisis.
What’s the Plural of Leaf? Leafs or Leaves?
The plural of leaf is leaves. That’s the only plural for a leaf.
What’s the Plural of Octopus? Octopi? Octopodes?
Octopuses is most commonly accepted as the plural of this eight-limbed sea creature, the octopus.
What’s the Correct Plural of Hoof? (Hoofs or Hooves?)
Quit horsin’ around, both hooves and hoofs are correct plural forms of the hoof.
What’s the Plural of Mouse?
Make no mouse-take, the plural of mouse is mice, when referring to the rodent. For a computer mouse, both computer mouses and computer mice works.
What’s the Difference Between Invoke and Evoke?
What’s the difference between invoke vs evoke? Though they both derive from the same root word, vox, (Latin for voice,) their definitions and contexts in which they should be used vary.