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There's a whole "Is vs Was" discussion on the Talk page, for anyone tempted to re-litigate the matter. I'll just point out that other extinct items are often wo
by sgustard 8y ago
There's a whole "Is vs Was" discussion on the Talk page, for anyone tempted to re-litigate the matter. I'll just point out that other extinct items are often worded like "The dodo is an extinct bird..."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Smallpox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Smallpox
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo
- hinkley 8y agoCheck your sentence diagram. The extinctness of the dodo is present tense. Therefore, it is an extinct bird. The dodo was a ground nesting bird that inhabited the island of Mauritius. But it's still extinct.