Formula or formulae?

Hi Myvi,
Please see the link furnished below;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula

Regards,
Sri

myviis there any difference between formula and formulae? and when should we use?

The plural forms of formula are formulas or formulae.

thank you for the info.so, we can choose either to use formulas or formulae without any restriction?

yes

Formula is the singular form of formulae and formulas, it depends which English you're speaking. e.g British English or American English.

American --> formulas
British -->formulae

No - it doesn't matter whether you're American or British. The plural is subject dependent, although I will accept that most Americans don't follow this. If you are discussing math (or maths for our British readers) or science - the plural is formulae. For all other discussions, the plural is formulas. As a chemistry teacher, I use formulae, however, as I stated before, most of my colleagues w

If you're wanting to use correct English it is formulae

Everything else is slang

AnonymousIf you're wanting to use correct English it is " formulae". Everything else is slang.

Nonsense! Both forms are acceptable.

The word formula is the singlular form of the word formulae or formulas

Just like stoma is the singular form of stomata a plural word