Timeline for Which words in -us get their plural in -i?
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| Aug 24, 2011 at 4:39 | vote | accept | Benoit | ||
| Aug 24, 2011 at 3:06 | comment | added | Dave | In French, unlike English, latin forms are readily localised and '-us' plurals tend to stay the same. Neutral forms ('-um') are sometimes used with their latin plurals (maximum => maxima), but not always. Note that modern English usage does frown on the overuse of latin plurals (and some people will justifiably stone you if you ever utter such horrors as "virii" or "ignorami"). | |
| Aug 23, 2011 at 20:57 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO nous est hostile' |
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| Aug 23, 2011 at 20:54 | answer | added | Gilles 'SO nous est hostile' | timeline score: 10 | |
| Aug 23, 2011 at 19:46 | answer | added | Un francophone | timeline score: 8 | |
| Aug 23, 2011 at 19:36 | history | edited | Evpok | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 23, 2011 at 19:31 | history | asked | Benoit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |