Tom Willett wrote:
In the English language, the standard plural of virus is viruses.
This is the most frequently occurring form of the plural, and refers
to both a biological virus and a computer virus.
The less frequent variations viri and virii are virtually unknown in
edited prose, and no major dictionary recognizes them as alternative
forms. Their occurrence can be variously attributed to
hypercorrection formed by analogy to Latin plurals such as alumni or
false analogy to Latin plurals such as radii; idiosyncratic use as
jargon among a group, such as computer hackers; and deliberate word
play, such as on BBSs (see, e.g.: leet).
To complicate matters further, viri is already used in Latin as the
plural of vir, meaning "man" (thus making viri mean "men")
;-)
Tom
"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
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All over the web. There are literally thousands of site that off
free fonts. You just need to watch out for virii, spyware, etc.
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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
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"Paul" wrote in message
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Where can I get additional free fonts for Word 2003 SP2 ?
Who cares?? You knew what was meant, so you wasted your time with your
piciune assasinine response.
There, spillcheck that, bunky!