Hi. I'm not an english native speaker.
I have seen many times that nouns that end in "f" such as "scarf", "wolf", "dwarf" in their singular form become "scarves", "wolves" and "dwarves" in plural form.
However, in the past months I read the entire series of "chronicles of Narnia" - in english of course - by C.S. Lewis. I saw a few weird things for me...
C.S. Lewis uses the word "dwarf" and the word "hoof" quite ... A LOT. Moreover, he writes the plural form "dwarfs" and "hoofs" instead of the "dwarves" and "hooves" I was used to see.
My question, then, is: Are both ways of plural form correct? Or what is the rule?
Thank you in advance.
P.S.: I would appreciate if you point and correct my grammar, vocabulary use or any other mistake that you find in my english writting...
2006-11-10
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