Matt:
> > On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 13:28, Kevin Spicer wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 16:26, Scott Ryan wrote:
> > > > I have not submitted any virii (correct word?)
> > > 
> > > viruses
> > 
> > Yup.
> > 
> > http://www.topology.org/lang/virus.html
> >   
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Mike
> 
>  I know this is going wildly off topic, but this one could be 
> debateable. According to a Collin's English Gem Dictionary, 
> (1954 vintage), virus doesn't have a plural listed. So, is it 
> just a recent designation?
> 
> Matt

Neither Miriam-Webster nor Cambridge list plural form of 'virus'. But
there's simple rule to make plurals in English: append 's' to a noun, and if
the noun ends in 's', then append 'es'. Or I'm missing something.

Regards,
Andrzej Kukula




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