SkipperJohn
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Scuba dove? Scuba dived?
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Remember the plural of octopus is octopuses.
Never. It's not a Latin based word.
I thought it was a base 8 system.
It doesn't matter, though. All your base are belong to us.
(it's been a while since I dredged up that internet pop-reference... hopefully, it'll be a long while before I do again...)
It doesn't matter, though. All your base are belong to us.
(it's been a while since I dredged up that internet pop-reference... hopefully, it'll be a long while before I do again...)
yeah i like scuba'd.....always works for me...
DixieDolphin
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From Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online
usage Dive, which was originally a weak verb, developed a past tense dove, probably by analogy with verbs like drive, drove. Dove exists in some British dialects and has become the standard past tense especially in speech in some parts of Canada. In the United States dived and dove are both widespread in speech as past tense and past participle, with dove less common than dived in the south Midland area, and dived less common than dove in the Northern and north Midland areas. In writing, the past tense dived is usual in British English and somewhat more common in American English. Dove seems relatively rare as a past participle in writing.
Obviously I'm from one of those parts of Canada because dived has always seemed embarrassing to me.
usage Dive, which was originally a weak verb, developed a past tense dove, probably by analogy with verbs like drive, drove. Dove exists in some British dialects and has become the standard past tense especially in speech in some parts of Canada. In the United States dived and dove are both widespread in speech as past tense and past participle, with dove less common than dived in the south Midland area, and dived less common than dove in the Northern and north Midland areas. In writing, the past tense dived is usual in British English and somewhat more common in American English. Dove seems relatively rare as a past participle in writing.
Obviously I'm from one of those parts of Canada because dived has always seemed embarrassing to me.
Well, it's Greek based... so how about... octopodes?
Fine if you are using a plural of octopod, but if you are using a plural of octopus, it's octopuses. It's even fun to say.
DixieDolphin
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Weeeeell, technically octopodes is correct, but archaic. It's the Greek plural form of octopus. So, it is still correct, just not commonly used.
AskOxford: What are the plurals of 'octopus', 'hippopotamus', 'syllabus'?
(Don't mind me, I'm here for the long argument about semantics.
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