I believe anecdotal is an adjective, and thus has no plural.  That would
be like saying the plural of blue or big.

Marshall

Charles Sutton wrote:

> What is the plural of anecdotal?.................DATA!
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: [email protected]
>      To: [email protected]
>      Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:06 AM
>      Subject: CS anectdotal evidence?
>       I'm really frustrated. I have searched the net and found
>      everything I could find on colloidal silver and all it's
>      benefits and there is lots of great info. I am trying to
>      prove to my father inlaw that the claims about cs are true.
>      He says all you have is anecdotal evidence and no "clinical
>      proof". I tried to explain to him that the pharmaceutical
>      companies won't pay millions for clinical trials for
>      something they can't patent. He says he trusts what Dr Andy
>      Weil says about cs and which is that there is no clinical
>      proof that it works. I sent him the testimonies, UCLA tests
>      and BYU tests but these were done in petri dishes and test
>      tubes. Are there any cs clinical trials that have been done
>      out there, maybe in Europe ?
>      Thanks
>      Steve
>