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- noun Plural form of
roof .
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Examples
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Oh, good--you caught the "rooves" thing, ploopusgirl.
In a glitzy but filtered place. Ann Althouse 2006
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In retaliation, Bruce and I would sneak the word "rooves" into our writings (my spell-check just changed that to "roves"), often getting past the editors 'eyes, but it was a very small satisfaction.
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In retaliation, Bruce and I would sneak the word "rooves" into our writings (my spell-check just changed that to "roves"), often getting past the editors 'eyes, but it was a very small satisfaction.
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This isn't quite up there with 'rooves' but it's close and leads me to apologise for calling you a twat when you are in fact an ignorant twat.
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I enjoyed the original photo and the Photoshop redux, but I thought you weren't into eco-roofs (or is it eco-rooves?).
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If teacher spent as much time on things like spelling and grammar instead of on nonsensical things like how fast you colour turtles or if “your rooves are flat on your Ts” maybe we would have kids coming out of school who could read and write … and paint and draw well.
2010 May « Mudpuddle 2010
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And before anyone gets on my case about the spelling of “rooves” we were taught in school that the plural of roof is rooves, just as the plural of hoof is hooves, the plural of dwarf is dwarves, and the plural of knife is knives … Just because everyone under the age of 30 THINKS they invented this English language, they did not.
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And before anyone gets on my case about the spelling of “rooves” we were taught in school that the plural of roof is rooves, just as the plural of hoof is hooves, the plural of dwarf is dwarves, and the plural of knife is knives … Just because everyone under the age of 30 THINKS they invented this English language, they did not.
2010 May « Mudpuddle 2010
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I am all for language changing and evolving but when you have words used out of context, improperly, or are told “rooves was never the correct pronunciation” it irks me …
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If teacher spent as much time on things like spelling and grammar instead of on nonsensical things like how fast you colour turtles or if “your rooves are flat on your Ts” maybe we would have kids coming out of school who could read and write … and paint and draw well.
johnmperry commented on the word rooves
plural of roof
October 28, 2009
bilby commented on the word rooves
How is it that Wiktionary says 'plural form of roove' yet has no definition for roove?
March 2, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word rooves
Wiktionary has all kinds of goofy definitions. I am particularly amused at the Wiktionary definitions of plurals of those words that end in -ies, like parties.
March 2, 2011