Timeline for What is the plural form of "status"?
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| Oct 6, 2010 at 13:01 | comment | added | Colin Fine | In Latin the plural is neither 'statii' nor 'stati': it is 'statūs' (4th declension, or "-u stem" to an Indo-Eorpeanist) | |
| Aug 14, 2010 at 20:39 | comment | added | cori | That's a good question. "Statuses" just sounded wrong, I suppose; I never really considered whether it was correct or not until I read this question. The place I've used the plural form the most is in discussions about reports from a business system at my employer, and "statii" was the commonly used term there. Now I know better.... | |
| Aug 14, 2010 at 20:34 | history | edited | cori | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Aug 14, 2010 at 16:05 | comment | added | ShreevatsaR | Why on earth would you use "statii"? Even if you were forming Latin-style plurals for some reason, "statii" would only be the plural of "statius". It's really mystifying why people want to put two ‘i’s; see e.g. Language Log posts here, here, here. | |
| Aug 14, 2010 at 11:45 | history | answered | cori | CC BY-SA 2.5 |