If the plural of 'hoof' is 'hooves' does that mean that the plural of 'roof' is 'rooves'?

Question

Prove is not the plural of proof...it's proofs. (prove is the verb)

Answer 1

If the plural of genius is genii.

Why is it octopuses not octopii.

It was explained on Q.I,but i've forgotten.

I wish i'd stuck with Cymraeg,english is a daft language!

Answer 2

I follow that logic and it makes sense. Languages change subsequent to common usage. What was once unacceptable becomes acceptable through "persistent misuse"....... so, let's all adopt/use roof -rooves and in 25 years it may be changed/accepted officially !  

Answer 3

No. English doesn't work logically.

Answer 4

No, it's one of the exceptions to the rule, as is "beliefs"(the plural of belief, to set it aside from the word believes... Simple language, English...)

Answer 5

Pronounces "ROOVES" - Spelled "ROOFS". You have to love the English language. Even the Japanese appreciate it for its complexity.

Answer 6

Gotta love English...

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;

but the plural of ox became oxen not oxes.

One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,

yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice;

yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,

why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

If I spoke of my foot and show you my feet,

and I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,

why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,

yet hat in the plural would never be hose,

and the plural of cat is cats, not cose.

We speak of a brother and also of brethren,

but though we say mother, we never say methren.

Then the masculine pronouns are he, his, and him,

but imagine the feminine as being she, shis, and shim.

Answer 7

No, this is an exception of which there are many variations.

Example: proof  is singular

              prove  is plural

              mouse- mice

              goose- geese