At 12:31 PM -0400 10/17/2002, the pickle wrote: >At 12:11 -0400 on 17/10/02, ELN/rlf9 wrote: > >>"millenia" is now commonly used in print as a singular noun and > >That's entirely the fault of Mazda, because "millenia (sic)" isn't >even a word. >The plural of "millennium" (note the second 'n') is "millennia." > >Stupid advertising departments... > >I'm still refusing to use "myriad" as a noun, too (as in "a myriad of" >something), because it just sounds wrong. "Myriad" is and always will be an >adjective (as in "There exist myriad solutions to the problem of skinning a >cat."). > >Don't forget the wonderful singular "criteria" and "media"... > >Boy, don't get me started ;)
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