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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2026 7:14 am Post subject: Dice or die |
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| 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: |
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| Bcos 'die' is the singular of 'dice'. |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2026 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| 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: |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| Polgi-Wan |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2026 6:23 pm Post subject: Re: Dice or die |
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| 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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