- What is the plural form of status? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Pl (rare) status ˈsteɪtjuːs , (now usu ) statuses ˈsteɪtəsɪz , (rare) statusses ˈsteɪtəsɪz It’s not objectively better to use the Latinate plural form, or to try to pronounce it similarly to the way the Romans did
- Plural of the word status - UsingEnglish. com
Statuses is not the correct plural in Latin, but is a valid anglicised plural, and also the most common in English I feel a little sorry for #3 I wonder whether a convoluted case might be made for it: perhaps on the grounds that we are now so accustomed to -i as a plural for any remotely Latin-looking word that ends in -us, that it's almost a
- grammatical number - Is it okay to pluralize the word status . . .
Well, the Anglicized plural would indeed be statuses, although if you wanted to get fancy I suppose you could use status, which is actually the Latin plural (since it's a 4th declension not a 2nd declension noun, in case anyone's interested
- Status vs. state - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I believe statuses should be arranged on a spectrum, and an object usually moves from one end of the spectrum to another, having exactly one status assigned States, on the other hand, are conditions that don't need to be arranged in any sort of order or on any spectrum An object might possibly not have a state assigned
- How are plural forms like status pronounced?
What I see in the full OED is Pl (rare) status ˈsteɪtjuːs , (now usu ) statuses ˈsteɪtəsɪz , (rare) statusses ˈsteɪtəsɪz That's to say the first pronunciation and the final spelling are both "rare" (I'm not aware I've encountered either ), so I can't see how that quirky pronunciation would be "endorsed" by Dictionary of Modern
- grammatical number - What is the plural of status quo? - English . . .
From these results it seems evident that most of the people publishing in English who are willing to hazard a plural form of "status quo" in print have adopted "status quos" as their choice, although some few have adopted "stati quo," presumably as a back formation from "status quo" via what they take to be the normal rules for creating plural
- grammar - Invoices status, Invoices statuses, Invoices status or . . .
According to this, statuses is the plural of status However, I am not sure here which one to use, my logic is statuses is more proper as each invoice has different status But seems awkward word or unpopular at least Further, I'm not sure if I have to use the possessive s or not Example Invoices statuses have been updated accordingly
- possessives - Projects status or project status - English Language . . .
Project's status would be preferable in speech and formal writing, meaning the status of this particular project
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