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hereby i,dd like to download this , but i am experience difficulties ..
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On Mon, 1 Aug 2016, Doug wrote:
I agree that I brought up the word "manuscript" since something like a
term-paper or a dissertation might frequently
be called by that term, and I thought that the derivation from the Latin
would be of interest. To those interested in
language, it might be noted
On 08/06/2016 01:26 PM, Jerry Meije | JCM wrote:
> Dear madam ,Sir
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> hereby i,dd like to download this , but i am experience difficulties ..
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> here i ,dd like you to send me a link were i can download this program .
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Download only from www.openoffice.org. It's available in a variety of
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At 15:40 06/08/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
so how do you guys pluralize 'virus'?
This guy says that the Latin "virus" means something like "slime" and
is a mass noun, having no plural: if you add slime to the slime you
already have, you get more slime, not *"two slimes".
In English, "vi
virii
On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Aug 2016, Doug wrote:
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> I agree that I brought up the word "manuscript" since something like a
>> term-paper or a dissertation might frequently
>> be called by that term, and I thought that the derivation from the Latin
>>
At 13:14 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
virii
Sorry, but that's sillier than silly. If "virus" were a second
declension noun with a Latin plural (which it isn't), its plural
would be "viri", not *"virii". Latin "viri" is actually the plural of
"vir" and means "men". (I suppose some
On Sat, 6 Aug 2016, Brian Barker wrote:
At 13:14 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
virii
Sorry, but that's sillier than silly. If "virus" were a second declension
noun with a Latin plural (which it isn't), its plural would be "viri", not
*"virii". Latin "viri" is actually the plural o
On 08/06/2016 04:04 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> The idea that all Latin nouns ending -us form plurals ending -i is
> specious.
>
You mean martini isn't the plural of martinus? ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR_5h8CzRcI
Around 4:45
Wayne & Shuster were a famous Canadian comedy duo.
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A writer whom I rather like was credited with commenting that my country
and his were unfortunately separated by a common language. I have always
thought that to be
a quite accurate observation.
I suggest that we agree to disagree and each withdraw from the field, each
knowing that we are each se
At 16:29 06/08/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
...how do you pluralize 'agenda'?
"Agenda" is already a plural in Latin, meaning "doings". As it needs
a plural in English, that again has to be a regular English plural: "agendas".
(Er, should we get back to software?!)
Brian Barker
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On Sat, 6 Aug 2016, Brian Barker wrote:
At 16:29 06/08/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
...how do you pluralize 'agenda'?
"Agenda" is already a plural in Latin, meaning "doings". As it needs a plural
in English, that again has to be a regular English plural: "agendas".
(Er, should we get ba
1 virus 2 viri 3 virii 4 viriv. .. 9 virix
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In the beautiful Genesee Valley of Western NY State!
> On Aug 6, 2016, at 15:40, Felmon Davis wrote:
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> so how do you guys pluralize 'virus'?
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At 13:43 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
I suggest that we agree to disagree ...
You can disagree without my needing to agree that you can. If
agreeing to disagree means that I accept that "virii" is as arguable
as "viruses", then I don't.
... each knowing that we are each separatel
At 17:19 06/08/2016 -0400, Julian Thomas wrote:
1 virus 2 viri 3 virii 4 viriv. .. 9 virix
Ho, ho! A good one!
Brian Barker
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At 17:10 06/08/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
aw, and I was going to ask about 'data'!
Philip Howard, who used to write on words for The [London] Times, had
a short chapter in one of his books entitled "Data is not what they
used to be"!
Brian Barker
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I am enjoying this language lesson ... A little distraction is good, when you
need it.
It is not the information I'm looking for, but it .. Helped.
Thank you.
M
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Jim McLaughlin wrote:
>A writer whom I rather like was credited with commenting that my count
On Sat, 6 Aug 2016, Brian Barker wrote:
At 13:43 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
I suggest that we agree to disagree ...
You can disagree without my needing to agree that you can. If agreeing to
disagree means that I accept that "virii" is as arguable as "viruses", then I
don't.
.
At 17:53 06/08/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
just a quick (last) word: I take dictionaries to describe usage, not
prescribe it ...
True.
... thus they lag actual usage.
Hmm...
Brian Barker
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HI: I was using Windows Live Mail; suddenly, I got a notice from Outlook that
they would no longer provide service for it. I switched to Outlook.
BIG mistake! It offers ONE lousy font, and only 4 choices of size. I hate it. I
tried to go back to Charter, as they are my primary ISP. Same problem;
On Sat, 8/6/16, Jim McLaughlin wrote:
Subject: Re: Double line spacing
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Date: Saturday, August 6, 2016, 4:43 PM
A writer whom I rather like was
credited with commenting that my country
and his were unfortunately
OpenOffice is not an email program, in that way it will not help with
your email problems.
OpenOffice is an Office program with Writer as an equivalent for Word
and Calc for Excell
In Writer (Word) you are able to use every font that is installed on
your computer, you are
in control of setting
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