Adrian Stott wrote... >"Neil Arlidge" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>She is coming the the event...but not by Wildernii, I keep taking more of it >>apart! :-) > >If such a word as "Wildernii" existed in Latin, I guess it might be >the plural of the (non-existent second declension) word "Wildernius". >I can't think offhand of a Latin noun ending in "ess". But if there >is one, I'm sure its plural does not end in "i". One ending in "es" >is "miles" (third declension, meaning "soldier"). Its plural is >"milites". > >Stick to "Wildernesses", I suggest. > If you want to be pedantic about plurals then you should be aware that the plural of trolley is trolleys, and not trollies, as you wrote in u.r.w. yesterday: "Part of its service is to allow its customers to use the trollies to carry away their purchases. ... You should understand how valuable trollies are." -- Martin Clark
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