Reply to post: Re: Plural of Brontosaurus

When you think of a unit of length, do you think of Antony Gormley's rusty anatomy?

Charlie Clark Silver badge

Re: Plural of Brontosaurus

I seem to recall from Bill Bryson's book that dinosaurs are formed from Greek and Latin stems and, thus, can have any plural form. It's tempting for anyone with a smattering of a classical education to try and get these things "right", only for us to learn that, load words tend to get localised very quickly. And, a good thing to: stati is not the plural of status… and there are heaps more. Quod erat, er whatever! ;-)

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