Re: [GWL]: Plural and poetry

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• Subject: Re: [GWL]: Plural and poetry
• From: Carol Wallace gardenwriter@mindspring.com>
• Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 20:43:12 -0500
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Dorsett wrote:

> I'm a little confused about the poem you quote because
> I thought the plural of fox was foxes.

I was confused, too and looked it up in the dictionary which gives the preferred form of the
plural as "fox."

I am speculating that it's one of those common usage things. I always have said "foxes." So did
Lillian Hellman in her play "The Little Foxes" so I assumed it was correct. I bet so many people
used the wrong plural without a clue that they were wrong that the dictionaries finally allowed
it.
Carol
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