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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Pronunciations and plurals
« on: September 22, 2012, 03:27:03 pm »I can't tell if you're really suggesting that the correct plural of City of Brass is City of Brasses, but you shouldn't be.
Now I'm neither an English major, nor a linguist, but I'm pretty sure it is, technically, correct.
If you were to refer to an array of ingots of different copper/zinc alloys, wouldn't you refer to them collectively as "brasses"? I would suggest that the technically correct plural of "City of Brass" is "City of Brasses," however because it sounds unnatural sentence constructions requiring it should be avoided.
"Look at all those copies of City of Brass."
"Look at all the City of Brasses."
Both of the above are correct, however the former is more natural and flows better and thus is the preferred construction.
"City of Brasses" and "Cities of Brass" have rather different meanings.
But if it's a reference to the MTG card, I think the easy way would be "City of Brass cards".
I think you mean "city of brasses" and "cities of brass," have rather different meanings. "City of Brass" is a proper name, and my understanding is that the actual meaning of the English when you pluralize it is irrelevant.