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Originally Posted by Burnsaber
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Originally Posted by Calchet
Finally, "Dwarfs", while perhaps a bit more rare, is no less grammatically correct than "Dwarves", unless my English knowledge fails me.
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Really? I remember my english teacher red-penning "thiefs" from an essee of mine and telling me that words that end in f have a plural of "ves" (like elf, elves, thief, thieves). Well, not important in any case.
*sorry can't recall the correct name at the moment.
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essee --> essay.
For every grammatical rule in English, there are exceptions. Don't let your English professor tell you otherwise. In this case, a certain J.R.R. Tolkien (who was a linguist and etymologist) popularized the "dwarves" version, so it has some staying power, but I believe "dwarfs" was more common (although certainly not exclusive) previously. FWIW, Firefox's spellchecker prefers "dwarfs".
