Gavin, Grab a dictionary. In the olden days, they were books that listed words. Lots of 'em -- along with their plurals etc.
Nowadays, try http://www.onelook.com/?w=virus&ls=a Although your meaning was clear, Ben is correct. His (and my) pedantry aside, using cutesy variations for common words in a forum of professionals it at best, well, unprofessional. At worst, you look like a dweeb. If you can find even *one* dictionary that lists "virii" I'll apologize. Before you spend a lot of time looking, though, I'll give you a hint. No dictionary referenced by OneLook even lists the word "virii". There are two entries returned by the search, though. One contains the phrase, "generally considered incorrect" and the other is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_of_virus Check it out. Regards, --BM On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Gavin Wilby <[email protected]> wrote: > Ben, > Wind down your pedant filter slightly hey! There's a good lad. > G. > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Gavin Wilby <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I dunno - a word that I made up - its obvious that it used to denote >> > multiple virus's. >> >> What does the virus own? >> >> To form a plural in English, on a word that ends in an "s", use >> "es"; thus, "viruses". As one wag once put it: >> >> An apostrophe does not mean, "Look out! Here comes an >> 's'!" >> >> ;-) >> >> I've heard it argued that there is no Latin word "virus", and as >> such, one should follow the English pluralization rules, not Latin. >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > -- > Gavin Wilby, > Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby > GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk > Sent from Isle Of Man > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
