Plural for BoM

[LogGrad98]

Had a discussion with my family about the correct plural for the Book of Mormon. We are evenly divided with 2 of us believing "Books of Mormon" is correct, and the other 2 siding with "Book of Mormons". I thought I would put it here to a poll since I couldn't find anything definitive on the Google.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

I've never heard anybody use the first one.

 

[LogGrad98]

In German, and I believe some other languages, it tends to the first option, as there is no good way to pluralize a name, so in German you say Bücher Mormon, or Books of Mormon. Maybe that is where I got it from. But I was just curious what the mix here thought it should be, considering we had a relatively intelligent group with a good mix of religious points of view (but not point of views =).

 

[Mithrandir]

The name of the book shouldn't change when you make it a plural. I vote "copies of the Book of Mormon"

 

[babe]

Had a discussion with my family about the correct plural for the Book of Mormon. We are evenly divided with 2 of us believing "Books of Mormon" is correct, and the other 2 siding with "Book of Mormons". I thought I would put it here to a poll since I couldn't find anything definitive on the Google.

Books of Mormon.
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[babe]

Books of Mormon.
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hmmm. . . this could be the real endless thread. I'm game. No not Game.

 

[babe]

hmmm. . . this could be the real endless thread. I'm game. No not Game.

While admittedly there are millions of Mormons, they don't read the book much. The Bible is more popular with Mormons, they read it more, quote it more, and do all kinds of stuff to convince others they believe in the same things other Christians do. So the #1 Book of Mormons is the Bible.

Secondly, we are obviously dealing with the plural of the word "book" here, so it's Books. How can you question German logic?

 

[Jaymz]

If there is more than one, it becomes plural. There aren't multiple books of Mormon, there is just one... that has many copies. "Books of Mormon" makes more logical sense. However I found myself wanting to say "Book of Mormons", because of how my subconscious was trained.

Of course there is the argument that "The book of Mormon" as a title and stating the latter would fit best with rule of property.

 

[fishonjazz]

The Bible is more popular with Mormons, they read it more, quote it more

I disagree

 

[colton]

I would never say "Book of Mormons" myself. I'd either say "Books of Mormon" or "Copies of the Book of Mormon".

 

[Siro]

Books ofs Mormons.

 

[Maktub]

The name of the book shouldn't change when you make it a plural. I vote "copies of the Book of Mormon"

This.