My Good Fellow@lemmy.ml to English usage and grammar@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoI'm surprised at the BBC....lemmy.mlimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down17
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minus-squarekezza596@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down11·1 year agoThe plural of roof is roofs. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/roof
minus-squareMs. SourCreamAndGarlic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt’s cherry-picking if you only use one dictionary. It’s present in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rooves Ultimately I’d never use it. It’s archaic and not in common enough use generally to feel good to use. Similar to monkies as the archaic version of monkeys.
The plural of roof is roofs.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/roof
It’s cherry-picking if you only use one dictionary. It’s present in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rooves
Ultimately I’d never use it. It’s archaic and not in common enough use generally to feel good to use. Similar to monkies as the archaic version of monkeys.