Word grammar - hovercraft

[Guest]

Word's grammar checker seems to think the plural of "hovercraft" is
"hovercrafts". It isn't.

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[charli b]

Word's grammar checker seems to think the plural of "hovercraft" is
"hovercrafts". It isn't.

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i voted for you and it seems like i ame the only one to do so

 

[Guest]

Then what is it?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The plural of "craft" in this sense (aircraft, watercraft, etc.) is "craft."
I would assume that Stephan is complaining that the spelling checker doesn't
flag "hovercrafts" as incorrect.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Then what is it?

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