On 27/07/11 7:33 AM, David B Teague sr wrote:
On 7/26/2011 10:22 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
mice (mouses?)
The plural of "mouse" was settled as "MICE" many years ago, when the
mouse first came to prominence as a pointer device in (when? 1984?).
But some authorities still say "mouses" is also correct. Nauseating.
Use your ear. It has to be "mice".
Warm Regards
David Teague
Emeritus Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science
Western Carolina University.
There was also a famous character that hated those mices to pieces, and
I have heard others call them mices.
steve
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