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๐Ÿ™ Octopus is Octopus ๐Ÿ™ (mander.xyz)
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[โ€“] 2 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Level 3 is the most correct.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Nah, level 1 is actually correct. Regardless of its etymology, octopus is an english word and should be pluralised accordingly.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

    Not really. Depending on the noun, the plural may be -us (called u-declination) instead of -i (called o-declination)

    Example: modus is also modus in plural.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    Octopus is a word of Greek origin. Nothing to do with Latin rules.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 6 months ago

    Octopus is an English word so it is perfectly correct to pluralise it as octopuses. To use octopi is definitely wrong (it's the wrong foreign pluralisation), octopodes is using an uncommon foreign pluralisation so it's not wrong, just non standard

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