Plurals

Ashton · Post by **Ashton** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:38 am

Tell me, when you want to talk about multiple AMV, do you say AMVs, or AMV? Also, because anime is a Japanese word, it’s understandable that it probably wouldn’t be pluralized, but some people do anyway. Which is correct?

TokyoU15 · Post by **TokyoU15** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:40 am

As far as I'm concerned, the word "Anime" was adopted by American Japanese Animation fans.................correct me if I'm wrong.

priuscomet · Post by **priuscomet** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:44 am

ur wrong...it was adopted by american fans of japanese animation.

for plural, i say AMVs... or vids... same diff. but...really, people don't care.

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:48 am

Hey it's a lot better then the old term "Japanimation"

Vlad

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 1:30 am

AMV (singular)

AMVs (plural)

Anime is a movie/animation genre description to me.

alternatefutures · Post by **alternatefutures** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 2:16 am

Anime Music VideoS, so AMVs. In this case, the words "Anime" and "Music" are adjectives, and the "Video" is the noun. Therefor, you use the endings of "Video". If "Anime" was the noun and the other two were the adjectives (Music Video Anime) then there would be no "s".

Where's jbone? He's the grammar expert around here...

priuscomet · Post by **priuscomet** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 2:43 am

..everyone is saying the same thing over and over again.

::looks around:: i dont' think we're in an echoing cave...

aaronlye · Post by **aaronlye** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 6:20 am

As far as I'm concerned, the word "Anime" was adopted by American Japanese Animation fans.................correct me if I'm wrong.

I doubt the term 'anime' is exclusively American, though I'm quite certain 'Japanimation' is - I've heard the former being used universally to describe Japanese animation for years, but the latter only after I discovered not three years ago how popular the stuff is over in the West.

TekkaRepliroid Zero · Post by **TekkaRepliroid Zero** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 6:59 am

You know, I only just thought of this just now, but how come a lot us say AMVs but we don't refer to AMVs.org?

bloodyfang · Post by **bloodyfang** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 5:19 pm

Everytime someone calls it Japanimation i feel like killing someone.