[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] 'two weeks' -> 'a fortnight'

[Ben Goodger]

On 13/09/06, David Lodge <dave at cirt.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:27:05 +0100, Toby Smithe <toby.smithe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> Ok, well considering it a second declension masculine noun (eg
> >>> "servus"->"servi") would have it form its nominative plural as "viri"
> >>> (not "virii"). It would have to be a second declension neuter (as the
> >>> Wikipedia page suggests) for it to form "vira", but then it would be
> >>> odd, not ending in -um (like "templum"->"templa").
> >> Have you considered that "virus" is plural in the first place?
> >> Is "virus" latin anyhow?
> > Yes; it means venom (from a snake).
>
> See http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/plural-of-virus.html
>
> Viri is the genitive singular, not plural. Viruses is the plural.
>
> Now, for the real argument: is it "data is" or "data are"?


Data are. So are criteria. A criterion is and a daton (or possibly datum) is
also.

-- 
Ben Goodger
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"kiel oni povas vivi sencerbe?".
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