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Plurals

(4 Posts)
numberplease Wed 02-Mar-16 16:59:10

Written dowm, the answer seems obvious, but spoken I`m never sure. Is the plural of roof roofs or rooves?

phoenix Wed 02-Mar-16 17:00:04

Roofs

grannylyn65 Wed 02-Mar-16 17:11:04

If one googles, it is etheer

grannylyn65 Wed 02-Mar-16 17:12:05

Whoops, either, rooves being the archaic.