On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 13:52, Andrew Dietz wrote: > Ok, here's my biggest pet peeve: > > The plural of CACTUS is CACTUSES, not CACTI, and the plural of > VIRUS is VIRUSES, not VIRII. My pet peeve is the improper spelling of Latin plurals ;o) The Latin plural of VIRUS would be VIRI if it had one, certainly not VIRII. Virus never had a plural in Latin because it a mass noun, not a count noun. cacti is an acceptable form of plural for cactus (in Latin and English). Forrest
