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Plural of ditto

regular plural

The plural of ditto is dittos or dittoes.

Forms of ditto

Singularditto /ˈdɪtəʊ/
Pluraldittos
dittoes
Countablecountable

Dittos and dittoes in a sentence

  • Please run off twenty-four dittos of this assignment for my students.
  • Work might be done from or on the chalkboard, dittoes, worksheets, or with pencil and paper.1985 December, Linda A. Meyer, Robert L. Linn, C. Nicholas Hastings, Observation and Coding Manual for the Longitudinal Study of Reading…. From the entry penpersonship

Meaning of ditto

  1. noun That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.
  2. noun The ditto mark, 〃; a symbol, represented by two apostrophes, inverted commas, or quotation marks (" "), indicating that the item preceding is to be repeated.
  3. noun A suit of clothes of the same color throughout.

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Questions about the plural of ditto

What is the plural of ditto?
The plural of ditto is dittos or dittoes.
Which is correct, dittos or dittoes?
Both are used. dittos is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is ditto countable?
Ditto is a countable noun.

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