It's "grammar".
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 15:45, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
Not trying to start a flame-fest here, but the correct plural form of virus is viruses.
Last thing I heard was that the original word had no plural at all, so as I see it we're all free to write what we want. "Little dead protein strands in protective protein hulls" is my favourite, but "valid reasons to shoot the a**holes who wrote 'em" is a close second. :-)
Check this out:
http://www.perl.com/language/misc/virus.html
Provides good info on the origin and explains why 'viruses' is the correct plural form.
-Roberto
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