Re: [fonc] Systems and artifacts

Reinhard F. Handl Sat, 01 May 2010 13:00:34 -0700

that's (ancient) greek to me.
cheers ;-)

Alan Kay schrieb:

Hi Frank,

This is iffy in American English usage (similarly as with "the data is ...." or "the data are ...."). In the UK (or ancient Rome) you would be quite correct. But the US has both treatments of Latin plurals. (I'll admit to leaning towards your choice most of the time ...)

Cheers,

Alan

From: frank <[email protected]>
To: Fundamentals of New Computing <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, May 1, 2010 1:49:22 AM
Subject: Re: [fonc] Systems and artifacts

> It used to be more clear. The main meaning of "artifact" is still
> "something made by a human being" (I think it originated in Anthropology),
> [...]
> the phenomena is produced by nature or human artifacts (man made objects).

Um. As we're talking foreign words already, may I point out that "phenomena"
is the _plural_ form of the word "phenomenon"?

Humbly, Frank

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