The plural of "knife"

[Texas Star]

I won't single anyone out, but we have some members here (and on other gun boards) who simply do not know the plural of "knife."

It is "knives", not "knifes."

I hope this will help those who need the knowledge, and I offer it in that spirit.

 

[27145]

I like all my knifes. I use them to butcher the deers I shoot.

 

[2152hq]

It's deerses..

 

[27145]

I thought I said deerses?

 

[BaldEagle1313]

It is, "knives". not, "knifes."

Just like the plural of "wife" is "wives". Believe me, with my family's history, I know the plural of wife...

 

[27145]

Just like the plural of "wife" is "wives". Believe me, with my family's history, I know the plural of wife...

The plural of wife is checks.

 

[Shooting Padre]

This made me chuckle right down to my feets.

 

[monet61]

This made me chuckle right down to my feets.

I think it's feetuses.

 

[ditrina]

I thought I said deerses?

Deerses 27145,
Youse guys is twos much....

 

[Rule3]

Boy thanks for the excellent advise. Don't no what we would due without our pilitzer priz winer.

Good Grief give it a rest.

 

[27145]

I don't want to go to sleep tonight. I know I will have a nightmare where Texas Star is dressed like a nun wacking my knuckles with a ruler to due spelling mistakes.

 

[dkizer22]

Why? Who says it can't be either way.

 

[sheriffoconee]

I use my knifes to dress gooseses and mooseses too, or is it geeseses and meeseses????

 

[sipowicz]

The affect of this can be hard on some people. Luckily I am not effected.

 

[johnsonl]

"I hates meeses to pieces."

 

[michael thornton]

just add a s to any word and you got it! my favorite is deers!

 

[bamabiker]

I won't single anyone out, but we have some members here (and on other gun boards) who simply do not know the plural of "knife."

It is, "knives". not, "knifes."

I hope this will help those who need the knowledge, and I offer it in that spirit.

If you start singling out for bad grammer you're going to be doing a lot of singling.

 

[ditrina]

If you start singling out for bad grammer you're going to be doing a lot of singling.

One singledingle.. TWO singledingles...

Is this the party to whom I'm speaking to??

 

[redlevel]

It is, "knives". not, "knifes."

And just which school of grammar teaches this kind of punctuation and capitalization?

Several ways you could do this correctly.

It is "knives," not "knifes."

It is knives, not knifes.

I don't really like making two extremely short sentences, which I guess is what you intended to do. (The period after "knives" makes me think that, but the lack of a capital "N" makes me wonder. Also, no comma is needed after "not" in what is, I guess, your second sentence, nor is one needed after "is" in your first sentence.

It is "knives." Not "knifes."

 

[PA Reb]

ALrighty then! So what's the correct pleural term for the Canada goose?