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On 17/04/15 02:59, Peter Lawler wrote:
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On 17/04/15 02:28, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
clamav is a scanner that is designed to detect viruses (virii I should use for plural as it is Latin word)
I believe this 'rule' in English is misunderstood by many and as a general rule of thumb... tl;dr: Words from Old English that came into modern English, use 'Old English' pluralisation: eg, sheep, fish etc. words adopted from other languages into English before and after modern English established, use 'modern' pluralisation eg, tsunamis, octopuses.
<rant> As 'virus' was adopted into English for usage in relation to bugs, malwares etc. after the formation of modern English, the plural of computer virus is computer viruses. IMO, in a medical sense, the virus was first described in the 1890 - well after the formation of modern English so even then the plural of virus in English is viruses.
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I know VAX computers are now a bit old fashioned, but why is the plural of VAX VAXen? I don't think DEC was founded before 1500 AD. :-o