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    Default Grammar nazi.

    Looking across the front page, I noticed an awkward spelling in the description of the General Final Fantasy forum:

    Got a topic that has to do with all of the Final Fantasys? Post it here!

    Shouldn't that be Fantasies?

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    let it go, be free

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    I remember discussing this in the past.

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    Maybe they did it because they didn't want to change the "Final Fanatasy" name, and just added an 's'. The proper word SHOULD be spelt 'fantasies' though.

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    Great, now I know there isnt a God

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    Final Fantasy's if you're going to pluralize it.

    Best to ignore it.

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    It used to say Final Fantasies, or this has been brought up before.

    It's correct. It's a title. It should be, "Final Fantasy games", really.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chocolate Thief Locke
    Final Fantasy's if you're going to pluralize it.
    No, you never ever EVER use apostrophes to make a plural! Grammar atrocity of the worst kind!!!!11

    Since 'Final Fantasy' is a product name, and not just normal use of the word 'fantasy', it's OK to pluralise it as 'Fantasys'.

    If you're talking about the Toyota Camry, and you want to mention a lot of them, they'd be Camrys, not Camries.

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    My guess is that it was done on purpose to annoy certain specific grammer nazis.
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    They're the Dead Kennedys, not the Dead Kennedies.

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    return of the grammar gestapo

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    Final Fantasy is a proper name and thus does not ever have the word changed to reflect pluralizations.

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    Alright, works for me. Thanks.

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    Yeah, as Kishi and everybody else said. Proper nouns go by the standard grammar rules. The Final Fantasys.

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