When I was at school, "rooves" was the correct plural of "roof". But now my spell-checker doesn't like it, and an internet search tells me that apparently "rooves" is outdated and no longer correct.
Who else was taught "rooves"?
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Across the Rooves
Tonight was my work Christmas outing. To get to it I walked along a street which gave me this unusual view of the city.
When I was at school, "rooves" was the correct plural of "roof". But now my spell-checker doesn't like it, and an internet search tells me that apparently "rooves" is outdated and no longer correct.
Who else was taught "rooves"?
When I was at school, "rooves" was the correct plural of "roof". But now my spell-checker doesn't like it, and an internet search tells me that apparently "rooves" is outdated and no longer correct.
Who else was taught "rooves"?
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I was taught "rooves", but thought it looked strange when I first saw it in your title, so I guess that means I'm not seeing it so much lately.
I have to admit that rooves is one word that doesn't get used very often. Even though I know its correct it just doesn't look right.
I never could make up my mind which way to go
definately rooves, like hooves. to say roofs would be uneducated in MHO!
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