Re: [was:] Double line spacing

> On Aug 6, 2016, at 17:29, Brian Barker wrote: > >> 1 virus 2 viri 3 virii 4 viriv. .. 9 virix > > Ho, ho! A good one! original credit goes to Rob Slade [9 was my own addition] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Slade — jt - j...@jt-mj.net With sufficient

Re: [was:] Double line spacing

At 17:53 06/08/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: just a quick (last) word: I take dictionaries to describe usage, not prescribe it ... True. ... thus they lag actual usage. Hmm... Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [was:] Double line spacing

On Sat, 6 Aug 2016, Brian Barker wrote: At 13:43 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: I suggest that we agree to disagree ... You can disagree without my needing to agree that you can. If agreeing to disagree means that I accept that "virii" is as arguable as "viruses", then I don't.

Re: Double line spacing

I am enjoying this language lesson ... A little distraction is good, when you need it. It is not the information I'm looking for, but it .. Helped. Thank you. M Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone Jim McLaughlin wrote: >A writer whom I rather like was credited

Re: [was:] Double line spacing

At 13:43 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: I suggest that we agree to disagree ... You can disagree without my needing to agree that you can. If agreeing to disagree means that I accept that "virii" is as arguable as "viruses", then I don't. ... each knowing that we are each

Re: [was:] Double line spacing

At 17:19 06/08/2016 -0400, Julian Thomas wrote: 1 virus 2 viri 3 virii 4 viriv. .. 9 virix Ho, ho! A good one! Brian Barker - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands,

Re: [OT] "lightly spread pedantry" (was: Double line spacing)

At 17:10 06/08/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: aw, and I was going to ask about 'data'! Philip Howard, who used to write on words for The [London] Times, had a short chapter in one of his books entitled "Data is not what they used to be"! Brian Barker

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1 virus 2 viri 3 virii 4 viriv. .. 9 virix From my i6. Julian Thomas http:jt-mj.net In the beautiful Genesee Valley of Western NY State! > On Aug 6, 2016, at 15:40, Felmon Davis wrote: > > > so how do you guys pluralize 'virus'?

Re: [OT] "lightly spread pedantry" (was: Double line spacing)

On Sat, 6 Aug 2016, Brian Barker wrote: At 16:29 06/08/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: ...how do you pluralize 'agenda'? "Agenda" is already a plural in Latin, meaning "doings". As it needs a plural in English, that again has to be a regular English plural: "agendas". (Er, should we get

Re: [OT] "lightly spread pedantry" (was: Double line spacing)

At 16:29 06/08/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: ...how do you pluralize 'agenda'? "Agenda" is already a plural in Latin, meaning "doings". As it needs a plural in English, that again has to be a regular English plural: "agendas". (Er, should we get back to software?!) Brian Barker

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A writer whom I rather like was credited with commenting that my country and his were unfortunately separated by a common language. I have always thought that to be a quite accurate observation. I suggest that we agree to disagree and each withdraw from the field, each knowing that we are each

Re: "lightly spread pedantry" [was: Double line spacing]

On 08/06/2016 04:04 PM, Brian Barker wrote: > The idea that all Latin nouns ending -us form plurals ending -i is > specious. > You mean martini isn't the plural of martinus? ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR_5h8CzRcI Around 4:45 Wayne & Shuster were a famous Canadian comedy duo.

[OT] "lightly spread pedantry" (was: Double line spacing)

On Sat, 6 Aug 2016, Brian Barker wrote: At 13:14 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: virii Sorry, but that's sillier than silly. If "virus" were a second declension noun with a Latin plural (which it isn't), its plural would be "viri", not *"virii". Latin "viri" is actually the plural

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At 13:14 06/08/2016 -0700, Jim McLaughlin wrote: virii Sorry, but that's sillier than silly. If "virus" were a second declension noun with a Latin plural (which it isn't), its plural would be "viri", not *"virii". Latin "viri" is actually the plural of "vir" and means "men". (I suppose some

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virii On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 12:40 PM, Felmon Davis wrote: > On Mon, 1 Aug 2016, Doug wrote: > > I agree that I brought up the word "manuscript" since something like a >> term-paper or a dissertation might frequently >> be called by that term, and I thought that the derivation

Re: "lightly spread pedantry" [was: Double line spacing]

At 15:40 06/08/2016 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote: so how do you guys pluralize 'virus'? This guy says that the Latin "virus" means something like "slime" and is a mass noun, having no plural: if you add slime to the slime you already have, you get more slime, not *"two slimes". In English,

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On Mon, 1 Aug 2016, Doug wrote: I agree that I brought up the word "manuscript" since something like a term-paper or a dissertation might frequently be called by that term, and I thought that the derivation from the Latin would be of interest. To those interested in language, it might be noted

Re: Double line spacing

On 07/31/2016 11:58 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 22:38 31/07/2016 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: On 07/31/2016 06:23 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 07:36 01/08/2016 +1000, Richard Beeston wrote: I need to write a thesis and the requirement is to have double line spacing ... Second, you should let

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At 22:38 31/07/2016 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: On 07/31/2016 06:23 PM, Brian Barker wrote: At 07:36 01/08/2016 +1000, Richard Beeston wrote: I need to write a thesis and the requirement is to have double line spacing ... Second, you should let your institution know that the world

Re: Double line spacing

At 23:46 31/07/2016 +, Tina Noname wrote: Simply look for line spacing and choose that which you want at the time. Sorry to be blunt, but the original questioner was asking how to do this! Now you are just telling him he should just do it - but not how. And he wants it generally, not "at

Re: Double line spacing

t? To join the movement on | | WAYN.com and help make a difference. | El Domingo, 31 de julio, 2016 17:24:03, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> escribió: At 07:36 01/08/2016 +1000, Richard Beeston wrote: >I need to write a thesis and the requirement is to have double lin

Re: Double line spacing

At 07:36 01/08/2016 +1000, Richard Beeston wrote: I need to write a thesis and the requirement is to have double line spacing on each page of a document of approximately 150 pages. Rather than hit the enter button twice each time especially as I could be writing long sentences and not wanting

Re: Double line spacing

On Mon, 1 Aug 2016 07:36:33 +1000 "Richard Beeston" <ar2l...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi > > Is there anyone who can help me > > I need to write a thesis and the requirement is to have double line spacing > on each page of a document of approximately 150 pages. R