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https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-plural-of-virus-112199 https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-plural-of-virus-112199
by jjgreen 6y ago
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-plural-of-virus-112199 https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-plural-of-virus-112199
- drKarl 6y agoIt makes sense. I like to use datum as singular of data(or a piece of data), although I know data is also correct. So if anything it would be virus-vira, and not virus-viri, so coronavirus-coronavira. When I was in high school I remember visiting sites with tutorials and info on hacking and they had H/P/C/V/A (Hacking/Phreaking/Cracking/Virii/Anarchy) so it was using Virii as plural of virus (computer virus), so that stuck in my mind.
- jjgreen 6y agoIt's a natural and common extrapolation, but not one that I'd expect to see from a scientist, particularly a biologist. I can't see the original article due to the paywall, but I understand the the German plural is Viruses, as in English. All very odd.