Plural form of tardy?

[CrapHead]

What is the plural form of the word "tardy"? Is there one?

 

[BW86]

tardies

 

[Fritzo]

Tardi

 

[CrapHead]

I checked dictionary.com and it didn't have the plural form so I wasn't sure and didn't want to look like a bad spellerz.

 

[notfred]

"tardy" is not a noun, it doesn't have a plural form, just like there's no plural of "tall" or "warm".

 

[cKGunslinger]

Tardy is an adjective - to use it as a noun (other than "tardiness") is incorrect.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: CrapHead
I checked dictionary.com and it didn't have the plural form so I wasn't sure and didn't want to look like a bad spellerz.

WTF context did you want to use it in that you thought you could pluralize an adjective?

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

There is no such thing as multiple "tardies" but you can be tardy multiple times.

 

[imported_LoKe]

"You're lates?"
...

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: CrapHead
I checked dictionary.com and it didn't have the plural form so I wasn't sure and didn't want to look like a bad spellerz.

WTF context did you want to use it in that you thought you could pluralize an adjective?

People will often use tardy as a noun (even though it's incorrect), especially in secondary school.

 

[maximus maximus]

retard?

 

[cherrytwist]

Tardiness.

 

[Zach]

Originally posted by: maximus maximus
retard?

nono, "retardy"

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: CrapHead
I checked dictionary.com and it didn't have the plural form so I wasn't sure and didn't want to look like a bad spellerz.

WTF context did you want to use it in that you thought you could pluralize an adjective?

People will often use tardy as a noun (even though it's incorrect), especially in secondary school.

If you use it in the form of a noun (i.e. "I got a tardy for being late to class today") then it's technically correct. It's basically just using it as the name for something, and in that case, the plural form would be tardies. I've heard it multiple times.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: CrapHead
I checked dictionary.com and it didn't have the plural form so I wasn't sure and didn't want to look like a bad spellerz.

WTF context did you want to use it in that you thought you could pluralize an adjective?

People will often use tardy as a noun (even though it's incorrect), especially in secondary school.

People will often say things like, "diz sh!t be mad tight diggity-dog!", but most of them don't bother trying to find the correct pluralization of "diggity-dog" on the internet.

 

[lozina]

turds

 

[captains]

Originally posted by: LoKe
"You're lates?"
...

lol

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: CrapHead
I checked dictionary.com and it didn't have the plural form so I wasn't sure and didn't want to look like a bad spellerz.

WTF context did you want to use it in that you thought you could pluralize an adjective?

People will often use tardy as a noun (even though it's incorrect), especially in secondary school.

People will often say things like, "diz sh!t be mad tight diggity-dog!", but most of them don't bother trying to find the correct pluralization of "diggity-dog" on the internet.

I LOL'd.

 

[CrapHead]

Originally posted by: maximus maximus
retard?

very original