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Singlular of "mouses" Was: Re: Negative ordinality

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 20:43
--- Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:

> I've heard 'thirty-twoth' only > from computing nerds who > also say 'leafs' and 'mouses' :)
Ah, but "mouse" and "mouse" are two different words. "Mice" is the proper plural of "mouse", the animal, but the plural of "mouse", the computer hardware, is "mouses." :)

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