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本帖最后由 elusty 于 2016-3-14 22:59 编辑
牛津和韦氏对Kudos的单复数就存在争议：
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/kudo-vs-kudos/
Kudo vs. Kudos
Some English speakers use the word kudo as the singular of kudos. What makes this usage problematic is the fact that kudos is already singular.
Kudos is a Greek word meaning “glory, fame, renown.” It entered the language as student slang back when undergraduates were still required to study Greek at the university. Presumably the early users knew that it was a singular noun.
The earliest OED citation for the use of the back-formation kudo is dated 1941. The OED marks the use of singular kudo as “erroneous,” but Merriam-Webster provides kudo with its own entry, taking care to defend its position in doing so:
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Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2016（注意：2016版）：认为，单复数均可。
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/kudos
''Both the singular form kudo and kudos as a plural are today most common in journalistic writing. Some usage guides warn against using them.
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COED11和AHD5更是用同样的例子打起了架：
COED11:
Despite appearances, kudos is not a plural form. This means that the use of kudos as a plural, as in the following sentence, is incorrect: he received many kudos for his work (correct use is he received much kudos for his work).
AHD5:
Usage Note: Kudos is one of those words like congeries that look like plurals but are etymologically singular. Acknowledging the Greek history of the term requires Kudos is (not are) due her for her brilliant work on the score. But kudos has often been treated as a plural, especially in the popular press, as in She received many kudos for her work. This plural use has given rise to the singular form kudo. These innovations follow the pattern whereby the English words pea and cherry were shortened from nouns ending in an (s) sound (English pease and French cerise), that were mistakenly thought to be plural. The singular kudo remains far less common than the plural use; both are often viewed as incorrect in more formal contexts. · It is worth noting that even people who are careful to treat kudos only as a singular often pronounce it as if it were a plural. Etymology would require that the final consonant be pronounced as a voiceless (s), as we do in pathos, another word derived from Greek, rather than as a voiced (z). |
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发表于 2016-3-14 22:19:20
