I've always been taught that if you have two rodents, they're mice, but if you have two pointing devices, they're mouses.
But my point was mostly that it sounds more right to me to say "I wrote two FAQs" than "I wrote two FAQ". That's all. --Ben Jerry Johnson wrote: > If you can ever understand how to pluralize everything (in English), > please teach me. I think the rules were written by slightly unstable > people, very late at night, who were drinking. Alot. > > One example I always love: > > If you have three fish of the same species, you have fish. > If you have three fish of three different species, you have fishes. > > > 5/9/05, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I wrote three different FAQ for three different websites? If I'm using >>FAQ as a collective noun (which it seems to me it has become) the >>shouldn't I pluralize that? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156731 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
