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“Viri” is not the plural of “virus”. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-plural-of-virus-112199 https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-plural-of-virus-112199
by loloquwowndueo 6y ago
“Viri” is not the plural of “virus”. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-plural-of-virus-112199 https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-plural-of-virus-112199
- Blikkentrekker 6y agoPersonally, being a compulsive perfectionist, I always use “virus” in English as a mass noun, and never pluralize it. I thus say “several parts of virus” or “several programs of virus”, — an elegant solution, I would say. And yes, I do say “octopodēs”; I am not some bourgeois peasant.
- loloquwowndueo 6y agoThe guy I knew who used “scenarii” instead of “scenarios” would probably drive you up the wall :)
- Blikkentrekker 6y agoIndeed. Such I stand atop such lesser men of lesser etymological knowledge, that I unironically præfer the spelling of “lim”, for the “b” is but a false etymology, an was never there. I demand nothing less than perfection, and I shall receive it.
- loloquwowndueo 6y agoBravo, this made my day. Kudos to you. :)