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Barsax
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 If the plural of OCTOPUS is OCTUPI is the plural of LEXUS, L |
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If the plural of OCTOPUS is OCTUPI is the plural of LEXUS, LEXI?
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langg095uge
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Only in ancient Rome. Lexus isn't a latin noun and there's no hard rule in English for forming the plurals of singular nouns ending in s after a vowel.. Both the words 'series' and 'species' have the same spelling for singular and plural handling as an example. The plural of 'walrus' may be either 'walrus or 'walruses'. For Lexus, "I saw six Lexus today" sounds better to me than "I saw six Lexuses today".
However, if we look at 'bonus' and 'bus' we have plurals of 'bonuses' and 'buses' as accepted plurals, so Lexuses could also be correct since they are more common of words ending in 'us'. Cactus, abacus, lotus all follow this form.
I could think Toyota's Lexus Division has already decided how to manage this. Ford must have done so with Torus. The Lotus Auto Group also.
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Tams
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You're a idiot. Just because one word is spelled some way does not mean that all alike words are.
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Georgtttee
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That could seem right, but as hard as it's to say the correct plural is "Lexuses"
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Gerdass
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No, because plurals like this come from Latin. Lexus isn't a latin word.
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Audioooh
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.And if you have two computer control devices, do you have two mouses, or two mice?
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IlloderEr
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One Kleenex, two Kleenexi. One spouse, two spice. One goof, two geef. One Lexus, two Lexi. Works for me.
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CARpenter
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This question has been answered by me about one month ago.
Lexus is just Lexus. If its one Lexus or a fleet of Lexus, still Lexus.
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italyrulez
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No best answer because Lexus is a made up word. Lexi sounds strange, Lexuses sounds like a stammer so I think just Lexus . As in sheep and sheep if you follow me.
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Thom70
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The plural for Lexus is Lexus
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