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Article #158Latin forms in English
From: Callec Dradja
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:40
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:40
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I am currently writing a paper on the word 'Data' and how the word
is changing from a count noun to a mass noun. I am also looking at
Latin words in English in general. Does anyone know of any papers
or books on the topic of how Latin words change when used in English.
I am especially interested in plural forms such as English speakers
saying stadiums instead of stadia or the singular data point instead
of datum. I hope someone can help me in that so far all of my searches
have been fruitless.
Thanks in advance,
Gregson Vaux
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