Plural of roof? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Am only 63 but rooves was the plural of roof just like sheep is the plural of sheep etc Am not finding the new language of the younger generation true Where are the teachers of spelling and grammar?
grammatical number - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Both roofs and rooves are perfectly acceptable alternatives in British English, as are hoofs, hooves As [often homophobic] slang, I've seen pooves as well as poofs But I think there's always a slow steady tendency for the irregular (-ves) forms to be displaced in favour of consistency with other plurals
What is the difference between roof and canopy? Typically, a canopy is used to provide shade while a roof offers more solid protection; canopies filter and roofs protect You often hear 'canopy' used to describe the sky-ward protection you experience in a forest or jungle--basically only shade and maybe a little protection from rain A cave would offer roof-like protection--shade, protection from rain, and protection from big, hard, nasty
Term for a roof pitch viewed from inside (Image included) I wonder what an English speaking person would call a roof pitch viewed from inside the house like seen in the image below: For example, how would I describe the location of the desk beneath the wi
Whats the word for the sound of snow sliding down a roof? A Canadian's perspective: It depends on how you want to convey the image of the quantity of sliding snow Having frequently heard the sound (and on occasions been frightened by it - especially in the middle of the night), I like the "the grumble of snow sliding off the roof" (relatively small quantity, slow movement) or, with a thaw in process, "the roar of the accumulated winter's snow being
Is there a secular, non vulgar alternative to for heavens sake? I think it pretty much stands to reason any variant on for X's sake must at least allude to the "blasphemous" original (s) I sometimes exclaim "Gordon Bennett!", but until finding that link I personally had no idea it derived from "Gor blimey" (which I also sometimes say, and do know the allusion) And I think there's much to be said for "Land sakes and lawks amussy!" - transparent though it
Singular to plural noun - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Singular ending in fe knife to knives life to lives wife to wives Also, Oaf to oaves appears to be an archaic form, with oafs being correct now Ditto roof to rooves, with roofs being the current accepted plural form So, keep this list You could probably even memorize them By my count, that's only 21 words, and a few of those are generally