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Originally Posted by HarryT
Are you saying that Websters actually disapproves of "octopuses"? That's what I find odd about all this; I don't expect people to know the rules for forming Greek plurals, since Greek is no longer widely taught in schools; what I really don't get is this need to form "fake" Latin plurals. Do people think that it makes them sound erudite? Why not just put an "s" (or in this case an "es") on the end of the word, as you would with any other English word?
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If Websters is the same as Merriam-Webster, they don't,
according to their online dictionary, but they do accept octopi.