Authority? Book titles & other titles are different then? Again, I chalk it up

Mar 27, 2025
2:47:19pm

Forzaitalia All-American

usage. Kind of like everybody says "healthy food" when the grammarians say it must be "healthful food." Common usage has crowded out that academic distinction.

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POLL: How do you pluralize the Book of Mormon?

TheMoose

Mar 27, 10:51am

option 3 is the worst and people who say that should reconsider their life choices.

Baron

Mar 27, 10:53am

They also say "Lords of the Flies" "Lords of the Ring" "Hungers Games"

BYUtka

Mar 27, 10:55am

This. The title of the book is: “the Book of Mormon” you don’t pluralize a word

blueaussie

Mar 27, 10:59am

Nah. It's just like attorneys general.

Forzaitalia

Mar 27, 12:12pm

Is "attorney general" a book title?

BYUtka

Mar 27, 12:51pm

It's a job title. Both are titles. We correctly say Bibles w/o lengthening to

Forzaitalia

Mar 27, 1:20pm

Attorney general is a compound word and can be a title so it can work both ways. But a Book of Mormon is not

Baron

Mar 27, 1:25pm

See my post. You are probably correct but that also means Bibles & Korans are

Forzaitalia

Mar 27, 1:32pm

Why would those be wrong?

Baron

Mar 27, 1:33pm

"The Holies Bible" instead of "Holy Bibles" ?

BYUtka

Mar 27, 1:41pm

Following your explanation Bible is the book title not a general noun. Would

Forzaitalia

Mar 27, 1:55pm

The correct way to make a title plural is add an s to the end. It is not always clean so you say copies etc.

Baron

Mar 27, 1:59pm

"Where's thes Reds Ferns Grow"

BYUtka

Mar 27, 2:06pm

Wheres thes Reds Ferns Growses

IAmSpartyCoug

Mar 27, 2:09pm

Except my BYU English professor said Book of Mormons was incorrect, too. Not

Forzaitalia

Mar 27, 2:16pm

I have an English Degree from BYU.Those professors say all sorts of crazy things

BYUtka

Mar 27, 2:18pm

Authority? Book titles & other titles are different then? Again, I chalk it up

Forzaitalia

Mar 27, 2:47pm

The books of Mormon would be Words of Mormon through Mormon, as those are the

BYUtka

Mar 27, 2:51pm

Google the rule for making plural book titles. Just use any other book

Baron

Mar 27, 2:20pm

Reminds me of the story about the guy that went into a pet shop and said "Give me two mongooses... er two mongeese..."

IAmSpartyCoug

Mar 27, 10:56am

Mormon booken

bruincoug

Mar 27, 10:57am

True story: I once asked L. Tom Perry this question (at the BYU/FSU game of all places), he said “Books of Mormon.”

JimmerEatWorld

Mar 27, 11:00am

Not B. Of Mormons?

bruincoug

Mar 27, 11:06am

L.Tom Perry was a very tall man.

BYUtka

Mar 27, 11:09am

If this story was true, he would have said “Books of Marmon”

Sea Chicken

Mar 27, 11:33am

The only one that makes sense is #4

jdub

Mar 27, 11:06am

Have you all not seen "The Best Two Years"? Books of Mormon.

CascadeBYUFan

Mar 27, 11:27am

I think you mean "The Bests Two Years."

BYUtka

Mar 27, 11:50am

Book of Mormonz

BoiseBlue

Mar 27, 11:28am

this was like a 10 minute topic at a zone conference on my mission.

Mayor of Cougartown

Mar 27, 11:47am

hebrew pluralization: Book of Mormimm. Final Answer

J. Walter Weatherman

Mar 27, 12:00pm

Portuguese men-of-war not man-of-wars

TheMoose

Mar 27, 1:00pm

The title is "The Book of Mormon", so adding an s anywhere in there doesn't make sense. "Copies" is correct

jdub

Mar 27, 1:09pm

By rule you would add an s to mormon since it is a title. It is not clean so saying

Baron

Mar 27, 1:23pm

None of those are book titles. Would you say "Lords of the Flies" if you have 5

BYUtka

Mar 27, 1:40pm

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