For me, a tree has leaves, but a salad has leafs. The Toronto Maple Leafs team individual players are Maple Leafs. I am confident in (mis)using grammar in this way but wondering if other people do it too?
For me, a tree has leaves, but a salad has leafs. The Toronto Maple Leafs team individual players are Maple Leafs. I am confident in (mis)using grammar in this way but wondering if other people do it too?
For me it’s always leaves, except for the sports team because that is a proper noun and they made it that way.
That makes sense! It’s probably how most people use it. So when you are talking about the individual leaves in your salad, you would say leaves. To me the are salad leafs.
I think I also leaf through the pages of a book, if that’s related.
Oh that’s a good point, in verb form it could also be leafs (“she leafs through the pages”)
So leaves is a noun and leafs is a verb? So what is it that the Toronto Maple leafs thru? A book? A fat wad of cash, maybe?
they leaf it all in the rink
Who’s “they” in this context? The Toronto Maple sounds like a single tree.
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That’s what I was missing!! Thanks :D