Guest  +  53801 Fri, 05 Nov 04 06:15 PM Does STATUS have a plural spelling? I tried stati but it doens't look right. Guest Plurals, Spelling

	Clive  +  53828 Fri, 05 Nov 04 10:59 PM Hi, statuses Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,600 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Yankee  +  680042 Wed, 25 Feb 09 06:39 PM English is not Latin.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with saying "statuses" if you happen to need to use a plural form of "status" on occasion. If the British National Corpus is anything to go by, the use of "statuses" is not limited to North America. Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,497 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Plurals, Countries, United States, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

	Clive  +  680096 Wed, 25 Feb 09 09:10 PM Hi Anonymous person, In your whole life, have you ever heard a native speaker say 'stati'? Best wishes, Clive Clive

	Grammar Geek  +  685664 Wed, 11 Mar 09 08:46 PM Your leap in logic is puzzling. English words take plurals in different ways. Penguin - Penguins  Child - Children  Woman - women Goose - geese Sheep - sheep Why would you think that because we use a widely accepted form of a plural word using one method that we would apply it to every other word? When English words are borrowed from other languages, they may take the plural in the form they took their plural in their original language, or they may become Anglicized. Or they may start as the former and evolve to the latter. Or they may even take one plural form in one vernacular and another form in another vernacular.     Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,655 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Plurals, Plural Words, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

	AlpheccaStars  +  685672 Wed, 11 Mar 09 09:15 PM  Hi Anon: Miriam Webster lists "statuses" as the plural form. You apparently do not know how lexicographers (the professionals who compile dictionaries) work.  They don't invent language, words, or word forms, but document how people use  words in actual practice. This has been their modus operandi since Samuel Johnson's first English dictionary. That's why radius has its 1st plural as radii, and a 2nd plural as radiuses, but for alumnus, the only plural is alumni.  The dictionary documents how our dynamic language changes. People determine the growth and changes in our language. Latin is, for all but very specialized purposes, dead AlpheccaStars Joined on Sun, Oct 12 2008 Senior Member 3,508 The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) Plurals, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages