By Spelling, Plurals

If I remember correctly, JRR Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings books, was the one who spelt it as 'dwarves', and he was appalled when the editors edited it to be spelt as 'dwarfs'. Also, he spelt the plural of 'elf' as 'elves', as opposed to elfs, which, I think, had been the accepted...

The correct spelling of "grammer" is "grammar". "Nazi's", if you mean the plural of Nazi, should be "Nazis" without the apostrophe. The "s" is part of the word. "Grammar Nazis" appears to be a vocative, so I would add a comma after it. Finally, since the exclamation mark functions as full stop,...

1 is ok (I’d use “stamp-collecting” or “collecting stamps”, though). 2 has a “to” too many. you can choose which one you wish to get rid of. “Can I ask who(m) I’m talking to?” or “Can I ask to whom I’m talking?” 3 is ok “My dog whose fur is back is coming” is grammatically correct, although I’m...

as words become integrated into every day life the trend is for the patterns of the "new" language to take over, in terms of both spelling, morphology (endings) and pronunciation. Forums is becoming the standard now, as is medias. As for status, both sound a bit clumsy and if I was writring...

could you please give me a words list which has the same spelling for both plural and singular

could you please give me a words list which has the same spelling for both plural and singular

Would someone please be so kind as to confirm if the plural spelling of the word "Status" is "statuses" or "statii"? I believe it is the latter. Also, if someone could please direct me to an online dictionary or similar resource that could answer such questions, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

“Remember that the expresion comes from a verbal form, so the noun has to be hyphenated. So, one "thank-you" or several "thank-you's" (because of the compound form).” Hi Raul Thanks for answering this one. Actually, I misunderstood the question. Anyway, I checked the dictionary to satisfy my...

the proper spelling of thank yous (plural)