Was watching Study Room’s good friend Pornsak’s Food Source.He was explaining the various uses of Octopus.
Quiz time- do you know what’s the plural of octopus?
Answer:
*Definitely correct: Octopuses
-Chambers 21st century dictionary, Compact Oxford, Fowler’s Modern English Usage list “octopuses” as the only acceptable plural of the word.*Rare use of this form: Octopodes
-Chambers 21st century dictionary, Compact Oxford, Fowler’s Modern English Usage list “octopuses” as the only acceptable plural of the word.*Rare use of this form: Octopodes
*Try not to use: Octopi
-some dictionaries such as Oxford English and Fowler’s Modern English Usage say that “octopi” is “misconceived”
-Webster’s New World and Meriam Websters list “octopi” as one of the options for the plural form of the word