The Orion's Arm Universe Project Forums





Extrasolar Auroras spotted
#5
(07-30-2015, 05:21 PM)stevebowers Wrote: Note the use of 'dwarves' in this article; I'm pretty sure it should be 'dwarfs' (this is one of my pet peeves).

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/defini...lish/dwarf

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dwarf

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/diction...olicy=true

Wiktionary, the Oxford dictionary, and the Collins dictionary all agree that either plural is acceptable for all uses of the term.

I think it's fair to say that both "dwarfs" and "dwarves" are fully correct plurals, for any sense of the word "dwarf".
Reply


Messages In This Thread
Extrasolar Auroras spotted - by Cray - 07-30-2015, 10:42 AM
RE: Extrasolar Auroras spotted - by stevebowers - 07-30-2015, 05:21 PM
RE: Extrasolar Auroras spotted - by Cray - 07-30-2015, 09:15 PM
RE: Extrasolar Auroras spotted - by iancampbell - 07-31-2015, 04:39 PM
RE: Extrasolar Auroras spotted - by four - 08-01-2015, 10:52 PM
RE: Extrasolar Auroras spotted - by stevebowers - 08-02-2015, 07:07 PM
RE: Extrasolar Auroras spotted - by Cray - 08-03-2015, 11:01 AM
RE: Extrasolar Auroras spotted - by CptnMus - 08-03-2015, 11:19 AM
RE: Extrasolar Auroras spotted - by stevebowers - 08-04-2015, 05:48 PM

Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)