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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2026 7:14 am    Post subject: Dice or die
 
Why we open call it die when sometime we only refer to a single dice?
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2026 9:59 pm    Post subject:
 
Bcos 'die' is the singular of 'dice'.
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2026 8:56 am    Post subject:
 
And why do we call it die when we refer to many dice?
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2026 8:46 pm    Post subject:
 
Anonymous wrote:
And why do we call it die when we refer to many dice?


then it is what is being called as wrong grammar...
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2026 6:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Dice or die
 
Anonymous wrote:
Why we open call it die when sometime we only refer to a single dice?


should be "single die"

singular >> DIE
plural >> DICE OR DIES are both acceptable
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2026 6:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Dice or die
 
Polgi-Wan wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Why we open call it die when sometime we only refer to a single dice?


should be "single die"

singular >> DIE
plural >> DICE OR DIES are both acceptable


Oh, let me correct (myself too) this further. . . .
there is no such thing as single die as die is in itself singular.
that's the redundancy "rule" haha
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