On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:07 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote: > Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: >> We have a "List of Indexes" in the ToC, but in the Document Settings we >> speak of "Indices". >> >> Which one will it be ? > > I'm no native speaker. I always thought the more usual plural of index (at > least in scientific use) is "indices". According to my dictionaries, both > "indices" and "indexes" are possible. > > I'd say we let the native speakers decide.
My guess is that some will be confused by "indices" (which is less common), but that no one would be confused by "indexes". Hence I'd recommend "indexes". Bennett
