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[kerravonsen]

So I found a link to Spock/Uhura awards and then immediately winced at the word "fanfictions". Am I the only one who finds such incorrect grammar cringe-worthy?

Still, I am going to peruse the awards anyway, in the hope that the winners are better grammarians than the organizers.

Comments

[vilakins]

Maybe they just expanded "fanfics" because it sounded too slangy.

[kerravonsen]

But "fanfics" is incorrect too! Because "fics" is incorrect, because all of it is short for "fiction" and "fictions" is incorrect! Well, except for the archaic usage of "fictions" meaning "lies".

Guess I'm the only one, then. (sigh)

[travels_in_time]

It bothers me, too, but I never managed to pin down why until you broke it down here. I was thinking of it as a synonym for "stories", which is plural.

[vilakins]

I did resist using "fic" and "fanfic" at first but they're so widespread I've almost come to see them as separate words with a very narrow definition. I do prefer "story" though.