5/16/2023 0 Comments Plural of octopusI come, perhaps, too late to the discussion to be of immediate use however, I shall help to answer the question more definitively for any future readers.įirst let me mention that contributor Gumby's answer regarding the plural of 'status' is quite correct. ![]() When a person has updated the Facebook status update multiple times, they have posted multiple "statuses," not "stati," "states," or "status." "Statuses" is the correct English conjugation of the singular "status," and will remain so until the English language chooses to evolve it. Statuses: The only remaining potential plural form of "status" is "statuses." Many people shy away from the word because it is sometimes awkward to say, however general discomfort with a word does not invalidate it as a true conjugation of the word. In the English language, "status" is not an acceptable pluralization of the singular "status," referring to Facebook status updates or not. ![]() This form is found in the Oxford English Dictionary, however the reference is to the Latin form of the word, and not the English form. Status: This form replaces the short "u" sound with a long "U" as in the word "tune" or "dune." The idea that this could be an acceptable form of pluralizing "status" originates from Latin, as in the word "datum," using the fourth declension conjugation. ![]() This is what I found on the subject, though it's centered around facebook, it still answers the question.
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