Plural Of Roof Uk

The external covering at the top of a building.

Plural of roof uk.

The uk government or parliament is not responsible for setting the official spelling of words. Generally roofs though rooves is listed in some dictionaries as a less common alternative form. 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. Twas the house i d seen the roof of from the beach.

May rudolph the red nosed reindeer montgomery ward publisher draft. The plural of roof is roofs or rooves. Rejected petition change the plural of roof from roofs to rooves. You must be methuselah.

We only reject petitions that don t meet the petition standards. In over 60 years in britain i have never seen roovis or roofies as suggested by m and brendan but possibly those forms are used in some dialects the english language lends itself to endless variations. 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. The plural of roof is roofs or rooves.

It s about something that the uk government or parliament is not responsible for. The plural of roof for people old enough to read the oxford dictionary of the english language in fact old enough to know that the real napoleon was not dynamite or a brandy. The oxford english dictionary lists rooves as an alternate to roofs one of several outdated spellings used in the uk and in new england as late as the 19th century. Rooves as a plural for of roof is dated but not incorrect.