[Gllug] Plurals

[John Southern]

On Thursday 19 Jun 2003 11:01 am, Richard Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 10:40:40AM +0100, t.clarke wrote:
> > Just to be pedantic, on the subject of the correct plural for anatomical
> > features previously mentioned,  I believe that the rule is basically,
> > using the example of 'cactus',
> > a) A field full of cactuses
> > but
> > b) many varieties of cactii
> >
> > Don't think cacti is valid at all  !!
>
> Websters lists the two alternative and interchangable plurals as
> cactuses and cacti. I don't have a UK dictionary to hand, but I can't
> see why it would be different.

Oxford dictionary has plural as both.
>From Latin where words ending in -us take the plural -i
Latinated words media and phenomena are already plural so should not be 
changed.

Hate Websters for changing all the spellings.

John

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