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Leaves is a misspelling, in the soure. It should be leafs.

someweirdperson 4y ago
Wiktionary [0] disagrees with you, the plural has the "v". [0] https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/leaf https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/leaf
scbrg 4y ago
$ dict leaf | head -5 8 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Leaf \Leaf\ (l[=e]f), n.; pl. {Leaves} (l[=e]vz). [OE. leef,
throwawaylinux 4y ago
Leaves is correct. Leafs has a completely different meaning.
- chiefalchemist 4y ago
  Actually, both are correct. But leaves has a second meaning which makes it ambiguous. If the point of communication is to enhance clarity and avoid ambiguity then leafs is obviously the smarter choice. https://procopytips.com/leafs-or-leaves/ https://procopytips.com/leafs-or-leaves/
  - raspyberr 4y ago
    If the point of communication is to enhance clarity then making sure you've spelled everything correctly before posting would obviously be a smart thing to do. Or did you actually spell it wrong on purpose to get more replies?
  - throwawaylinux 4y ago
    No, leafs is incorrect. I'm not sure what you are trying to tell me with your link, it supports what I said as far as I can see. Leaves- The plural of leaf, or to depart Leafs- A verb meaning to rapidly turn pages while skimming for content. When to Use Leafs You will use the word leafs on one occasion. As a verb, you can say that someone is leafing through a magazine, while as a noun, a single piece of paper is a leaf. Leafs is the present tense term for searching through a book or other collections of paper. That is the completely different meaning I referred to. And it does not have the plural of leaf as a second meaning. > But leaves has a second meaning which makes it ambiguous. It is unambiguous in that sentence structure where it clearly must be a noun. Even if it was ambiguous here, using leafs would still be wrong.
lysp 4y ago
https://grammarhow.com/leafs-or-leaves/ https://grammarhow.com/leafs-or-leaves/ > “Leaves” is the correct way of pluralising “leaf”. If you say “leafs”, you will be making a grammatical error. If you want to say “leaf’s”, you can do so when talking about possessions.

Wiktionary [0] disagrees with you, the plural has the "v". [0] https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/leaf https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/leaf

scbrg 4y ago

$ dict leaf | head -5 8 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Leaf \Leaf\ (l[=e]f), n.; pl. {Leaves} (l[=e]vz). [OE. leef,

throwawaylinux 4y ago

Leaves is correct. Leafs has a completely different meaning.

chiefalchemist 4y ago
Actually, both are correct. But leaves has a second meaning which makes it ambiguous. If the point of communication is to enhance clarity and avoid ambiguity then leafs is obviously the smarter choice. https://procopytips.com/leafs-or-leaves/ https://procopytips.com/leafs-or-leaves/
- raspyberr 4y ago
  If the point of communication is to enhance clarity then making sure you've spelled everything correctly before posting would obviously be a smart thing to do. Or did you actually spell it wrong on purpose to get more replies?
- throwawaylinux 4y ago
  No, leafs is incorrect. I'm not sure what you are trying to tell me with your link, it supports what I said as far as I can see. Leaves- The plural of leaf, or to depart Leafs- A verb meaning to rapidly turn pages while skimming for content. When to Use Leafs You will use the word leafs on one occasion. As a verb, you can say that someone is leafing through a magazine, while as a noun, a single piece of paper is a leaf. Leafs is the present tense term for searching through a book or other collections of paper. That is the completely different meaning I referred to. And it does not have the plural of leaf as a second meaning. > But leaves has a second meaning which makes it ambiguous. It is unambiguous in that sentence structure where it clearly must be a noun. Even if it was ambiguous here, using leafs would still be wrong.

lysp 4y ago

https://grammarhow.com/leafs-or-leaves/ https://grammarhow.com/leafs-or-leaves/ > “Leaves” is the correct way of pluralising “leaf”. If you say “leafs”, you will be making a grammatical error. If you want to say “leaf’s”, you can do so when talking about possessions.