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02-20-2009, 11:33 AM
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Since we speak English, octopuses is the only acceptable plural. Octopi is misconceived, based on the assumption that octōpūs is a second declension Latin noun, which it is not. Octopodes is pedantic.
Good job your first sentence isn’t! I agree on all points except your last word.
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