RE: FN-FORUM: 10 Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid

date posted 18th May 2007 13:16

> 1) 'legos' as a plural of lego

I had to look, but at least I can save the rest of you ;-)

http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/faq.html

Which is correct as the plural of LEGO: 'Lego' or 'Legos'? Neither, =
actually. The word 'LEGO', when used as a noun, should only refer to the =
company that makes the product. Otherwise 'LEGO' is supposed to be used =
as an adjective. Thus, when referring to the pieces, neither 'lego' nor =
'legos' is correct... rather one should say: 'LEGO bricks' or 'LEGO =
pieces' or whatever (using LEGO as an adjective -- and one should really =
capitalize all of the letters, and put the little 'circle-R' symbol =
after it (=C2=AE)). This is all a matter of protecting the trademark of =
'LEGO' for the company (using it otherwise degenerates the strength of =
the trademark). This is not to say that I use the word correctly 100% of =
the time... but that's the answer to the question (it's always =
fun/painful to read the near-flame-wars that start at slashdot.org over =
this topic... and generally, both sides are wrong).