[Trombone-l] fora/forums

[Steve Cordingley]

I wonder what it will be like when it's Chinese English we're learning  :-D)

http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift

Trombone content - they make those too and they're getting better at it!

Warm regards from England (once the most powerful nation in the world - must
be true, it says so in that link...)

Steve C


On 29/05/07, Charles De Paolo <chuck at hickeys.com> wrote:
>
> > There are some differences between British English and
> > American English, you know (like the placement of commas
> > and periods or full stops within quotation marks in American usage).
>
> So that's why I get so bent out of shape when I read
> quoted passages in "The Economist."  Or in British
> English, "The Economist".
>
> I guess I can give them a pass.
> They invented the language afterall.
>
> --Chuck
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Howard Weiner
> To: Keith Marr ; Trombone-L
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:36 AM
> Subject: [Trombone-l] fora/forums
>
>
> At 13:42 29.05.2007 +0100, Keith Marr wrote:
>
> >An incidental point about Doug's article: The use of "fora" as the plural
> >for forum would be correct in a Latin sentence, but as we're speaking in
> >English the plural is forums. A common mistake which wouldn't be worth
> >mentioning except for the fact that he is talking at one stage about the
> >standard of English in postings.
>
> According to my Webster's Dictionary, "fora" as well as "forums" are
> acceptable as the plural of "forum." There are some differences
> between British English and American English, you know (like the
> placement of commas and periods or full stops within quotation marks
> in American usage).
>
> Howard
>
>
>
> --
> Howard Weiner
> h.weiner at online.de
> http://howard-weiner.de/
>
> Tosca jumped to a conclusion.
>
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