https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:29:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836720 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:20:26 +0000 shopaholic 836720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cacti!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836718 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:19:44 +0000 Sweet T 836718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cacti!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836705 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:15:20 +0000 Lindsay05 836705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cacti. Why? Because that's what Homer Simpson says and it has stuck with me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836662 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:02:45 +0000 kjpugs 836662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: I was thinking the same thign!!!!!!! hahah! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836660 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:02:21 +0000 JerricaBenton 836660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: Exactly what just popped into my head :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836615 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:42:09 +0000 avivoca 836615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always said "cacti," since cactuses sounds weird </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836608 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:40:37 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 836608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use both. I always thought cacti was correct, but I do use cactuses as well. But also, i agree with @lemondrop: that we sometimes just say cactus for one or many. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836602 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:38:08 +0000 .twist. 836602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think a lot of things people think end in i for plural forms are actually not. </p> <p>Mooses. For example. Although, Moosi sounds soooooo silly. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836599 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:36:45 +0000 Bao 836599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought cacti. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836588 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:33:46 +0000 lemondrop 836588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here in AZ where we have them everywhere, the majority of people just say cactus for both singular and plural. </p> <p>As in: "Ooops, I fell in a cactus" and "Wow, that's a lot of cactus out there, don't fall in it" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836587 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:33:45 +0000 chopsuey 836587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cacti! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-836541 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:22:17 +0000 tororojo 836541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never heard of cactuses! Another cacti. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-835018 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:37:42 +0000 swurlygurl 835018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: Haha, DH and I like to say 'gooses'. We know better, but it's funny </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-835009 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:36:34 +0000 swurlygurl 835009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting - I was taught cacti! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834933 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:16:24 +0000 dagret 834933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say cacti. because:<br /> Better watch out for those killer cacti...Heyyyyy dude! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834926 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:14:46 +0000 MrsH 834926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cacti! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834924 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:14:41 +0000 Ra 834924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also say cacti. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834923 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:13:26 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 834923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: It was seriously the best leg up I could have ever given myself (though I totally didn't know it at the time). I'm so happy for my years of Latin! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834918 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:11:09 +0000 MamaMoose 834918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Latin FTW! I started in 8th grade and took it all the way through college (I have a BA in Classics).</p> <p>I'm definitely in camp cacti. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834912 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:09:34 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 834912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took Latin in HS so I say cacti. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834911 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:09:02 +0000 tinyperson 834911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say cacti too! I'm a copy editor, so this would be a style choice I'd record on a style sheet, so that I would use that form throughout a document. I'd say cacti would be used in most formal publications and cactuses would be used in those that are less formal.</p> <p>I would assume that more and more people started using cactuses in everyday English, so it has become more and more accepted as an alternate form.</p> <p>Language is fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834904 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:06:52 +0000 MSBartlett 834904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I went to college in Arizona everyone said cacti. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834892 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:02:52 +0000 Alivoo01 834892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I say cacti! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834889 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:02:20 +0000 loveisstrange 834889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Huh, I've always been in the "cacti" camp we well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834842 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:50:13 +0000 spaniellove 834842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would definitely say cacti! Cactuses sounds to me like when DH and I jokingly say "shrimps". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834832 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:46:18 +0000 cheesetomywhine 834832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ooooo cacti here! Cactuses sounds funny. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834827 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:44:46 +0000 regberadaisy 834827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whoa. Consider my mind blown; I always thought it was cacti! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-the-plural-of-cactus#post-834823 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:44:23 +0000 mrbee 834823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always thought it was cacti, but I just read an article where they used "cactuses"! I looked it up and apparently both are considered right:<br /> <a href="http://grammarist.com/usage/cacti-cactuses/" rel="nofollow">http://grammarist.com/usage/cacti-cactuses/</a></p> <p>Which do you use as the plural of cactus: cacti or cactuses? </p>