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Subject:RE: INDEX IN WORD97 From:TYoungmann -at- EQRWORLD -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Thu, 21 Oct 1999 09:26:12 -0500
Phil Saum wrote -
> Wouldn't the plural of index be indices?
>
[tly] Webster's says that both "indexes" and "indices" are the
plural of index. Although I personally prefer to use indices, I was taught
that indices should be used for mathematical expressions only.
[tly]
Theresa Youngmann
