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Subject:RE: ixes versus ices RE: Appendixes vs. Annexes From:"Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 14 May 2002 11:40:40 -0400
Not I.
I use data as singular or plural, never say fora when I mean forums
(this is English not Latin), and don't see why appendices is more
conservative than appendixes.
Interesting discussion, though. English is such a fluid language and the
challenges of new technology and the question of how stilted one should
make it are difficult ones for techwriters to agree precisely on. <vbg>
-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Harris [mailto:pashley -at- storm -dot- ca]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:34 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: ixes versus ices RE: Appendixes vs. Annexes
Sean Brierley wrote:
> It's whatever you want it to be, just be consistent. Search the
> archives, this has been done before.
I'd use appendices, but then I'm fairly conservative in some
areas. I also regularly use "methinks", I usually treat "data"
as the plural of "datum" rather than as a non-count noun, and
so on.
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