Wow.....that's a bit of a slap in the face. In my opinion, the entire thread was clearly for fun, and not a lesson in professionalism. Sure, it passed along some useful info. But I believe ME2 was being somewhat tongue in cheek when he did so.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Bill Monicher <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
