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Hi folks, |
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this is for English native speakers (British English, American English and |
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colonial English alike). |
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I was looking up something in my Oxford dictionary. First, I had to make sure |
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how they indicate irregular plurals. The first word that came to mind was |
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mouse. Look what they write there apart from 1. the animal and 2. a timid |
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person: |
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3. (plural mouses) a small hand-held device for controlling a cursor on a VDU |
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screen. |
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I have never seen anyone (except non-native speakers by mistake) use mouses as |
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the plural for a computer mouse. Are the people of the Oxford dictionary |
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nuts, or is this really correct and mice wrong in this case? |
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Uwe |
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Mark Twain: I rather decline two drinks than a German adjective. |
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http://www.SysEx.com.na |
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