On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 12:22, Dan Hensley wrote: > On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 18:13, Jason Tackaberry wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 04:28, Dan Hensley wrote: > > > "Virii" is the plural of "virus" (I bet that was obvious :). I know a > > > lot of people use "viruses", so it may be acceptable when talking about > > > > I hate to start some kind of a war here, but virii is not a word. :) > > > > The plural of virus is in fact viruses. It's a very common > > misconception that virii is its plural. This page gives a very good > > synopsis: > > > > http://www.perl.com/language/misc/virus.html > > > > Cheers, > > Jason. > > Ok, I stand corrected. Everyone seems to like viruses better than virii > anyway. But I stand by my apostrophe statements. For more information > to those who have questions about how to use them (because a great many > seem to have trouble with them, and not because they're hard to type), > see > > http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html
Here's another good site that points out common mistakes. http://members.aol.com/DangerMom/guide.html > > Dan > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
