According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the plural of "forum" is "forums," although "fora" is an acceptable option. For more information, see the Related Link.
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Forum for the gray areas of the English languag ... Seems to me that using “forums” as the plural of “forum,” and doing the same for similar words, is the best way to avoid mutilation of English, since that is the most common method of pluralizing in English.
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The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage. ... forum m. (plural forums) ... forum (plural: fora or forum)
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en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forum
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forum
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Many speakers of English maintain that the correct plural of forum is fora rather than forums because it is a word of Latin origin. However, Google lists 3,720,000 entries for fora and 119,000,000 for forums.
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www.usingenglish.com/weblog/archives/000121.html
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My colleagues and I are debating the plural form of the word "STATUS". I'm convinced that it is "STATES", but others insist that it is "STATUSES", which to me sounds incorrect. Checking a number of online dictionaries, produces different results: some say it is a valid word, whilst others do not.
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www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/4657-plural-word...
www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/4657-plural-word-status-print.html
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Yes, in English, 1.5 of something is normally plural. ... Interestingly enough, 0 is also plural in English (for example, "There are 0 people here"). Any number that is not exactly 1 is treated as plural.
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www.antimoon.com/forum/t1070.htm
www.antimoon.com/forum/t1070.htm
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I just noticed a signature of a member here basically saying that plural of shrimp is shrimp and not shrimps. I have believed that they are both correct and so seems to state many of the websites I found. So, is shrimps a correct form and you can use either shrimp or shrimps as the plural?
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www.plantedtank.net/forums/lounge/35256-plural-shrimp-p...
www.plantedtank.net/forums/lounge/35256-plural-shrimp-print.html
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The original question was if to include the plural-s inside the tag or not. There is no definitive answer. I think that abbreviations and there expansion/title-attribute are often overused, just because webdesigners think in terms of standards first. ... Accessify Forum - Accessibility Discussion...
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www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=55326
www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=55326
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Wikipedia: Fora is the Latin Plural of Forum ... The name "fora" is the Latin plural of "forum", meaning ... Today in San Francisco: CMO Leadership Forum...
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blog.fora.tv/2009/06/wikipedia-fora-is-latin-plural-of-...
blog.fora.tv/2009/06/wikipedia-fora-is-latin-plural-of-forum.html
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