Roof Plural Uk

I have actually seen roofs being used in lots of children s books lately and i m wondering whether it s changed.

Roof plural uk.

Roofs is the standard plural form of the noun roof which is a covering over a building. When i was young a long time ago the plural of roof was rooves. Lincoln chapter 1 in mr. It wasn t until the last 40 50 years that hooves began to pick up steam.

The very first sound that you ll hear on the roof provided there s fog will be rudolph s small. The plural of roof is roofs or rooves. Rooves as a plural for of roof is dated but not incorrect. You must be methuselah.

And yet i haven t seen it spelt like that for ages. The oxford english dictionary lists rooves as an alternate to roofs one of several outdated spellings used in the uk and in new england as late as the 19th century. May rudolph the red nosed reindeer montgomery ward publisher draft. For a good 250 years hoofs was the primary plural form of hoof analogized with the word roof which has roofs as a plural form.

Twas the house i d seen the roof of from the beach. Rooves is an older form of the word and rarely used these days although it is still used in australia it should be noted that in new zealand the plural.