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Old August 04, 2016, 05:35 PM
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Oops! Sorry about throwing in a word ending in '-dux'. The authority speaks to the contrary.

But the same authority says that we do add '-es' to words ending in 'fax', even though they might be monosyllabic or polysyllabic.
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Well, that's just a part of me which wants to know every single detail if possible.

Thank you for your advice!
I'm not discouraging to learn details, but I'm sure you'll find plenty of details whose knowledge you'll be more likely to use.

Good luck with your learning.
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I did see, but both of those are compound words. And if the plural of fax is fax, they can't be burofaxes or telefaxes. I tend to believe aleCcowaN that fax is the correct plural.
As for moradux, I can't even find its meaning . Is it a compound word consisting dux (doge) or?
The use of los fax is quite frequent in RAE'S CREA (Corpus del Español Actual). Apparently, people who pronounce soft exes tend to use the -es plural. When people who does some particular thing live in central Spain, that thing tries to become "standard Spanish" por arte de birlibirloque. Manuel Seco, former director of the RAE, wrote that the plural of fax is either faxes or fax, though he favours the use of faxes.

As for moradux, this is a word ended in j that needs -es to form a plural. That word seems to have been fossilized in 17th century fashion (Just look almoraduj up in DRAE's dictionary).

The plural of relax being relaxes? That's so a no-no.
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