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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

on one hand I agree that it's an embarrassing error.

On the other hand, what in the flying fuck is the reason to have leaves as the plural form of leaf over leafs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Knives, lives and wives too, but why not roofs and chiefs? Is it hoofs or hooves?