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Plural for BoM

Which is the correct plural for the Book of Mormon?

  • Books of Mormon

    Votes: 10 76.9%

  • Book of Mormons

    Votes: 3 23.1%
  • Total voters
    13
Mithrandir said:
The name of the book shouldn't change when you make it a plural. I vote "copies of the Book of Mormon"
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I also have to agree with this one. The title shouldn't change when you make it plural. The title is "The Book of Mormon" therefore adding and S in either spot changes the name of the book.
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For example if you tried to Plural "The Statue of Liberty" You can't say The Statues of Liberty or The Statue of Liberties. Neither of them make sense. So you would need to plural it with the other words not with the title. So (We have 3 copies of "The Book of Mormon".) makes more sense to me. Or (Could you grab "the Book of Mormon" Books for me?) would be another way to plural it.
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Disclaimer: I paid little attention in English class in school so all of the above is just my opinion on the topic and could be completely wrong.
 
gregbroncs said:
I also have to agree with this one. The title shouldn't change when you make it plural. The title is "The Book of Mormon" therefore adding and S in either spot changes the name of the book.
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For example if you tried to Plural "The Statue of Liberty" You can't say The Statues of Liberty or The Statue of Liberties. Neither of them make sense. So you would need to plural it with the other words not with the title. So (We have 3 copies of "The Book of Mormon".) makes more sense to me. Or (Could you grab "the Book of Mormon" Books for me?) would be another way to plural it.
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Disclaimer: I paid little attention in English class in school so all of the above is just my opinion on the topic and could be completely wrong.
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I think in that case you would say "Statues of Liberty".

I have seen both Statues of Liberty, the one in New York and the one in Vegas.
 
Why wasn't it called Books of Mormon in the first place? That's another problem with the first one. It describes one book. Books of Mormon is one Book of Mormon compendium of books, no?

My favorite books of Mormon are definitely Alma and Nephi. That's how I would use the first one.
 
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Duck Rodgers said:
Why wasn't it called Books of Mormon in the first place? That's another problem with the first one. It describes one book. Books of Mormon is one Book of Mormon compendium of books, no?

My favorite books of Mormon are definitely Alma and Nephi. That's how I would use the first one.
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Technically the word "Bible" is plural.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Technically the word "Bible" is plural.
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Technically it isn't. In English, the sentence "The Bible are great books" is incorrect. The fact that it comes from Ancient Greek plural biblia, meaning books, is irrelevant as we're not speaking Ancient Greek.
 
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