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Farmer ky Posted 18 years ago
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plural form...

0Cactus - plural is cacti not cactuses. But some say cactuses.02br
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00Virus - plural is viri or viruses?02br
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0 cactuses/cacti02br
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0why? is cactus-cacti an exception?02br
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00it's easy to understand that:02br
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00bush-bushes.....02br
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0 I think because Cactus is from LAtin and the plural form in Latin is cacti 0-
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0Cactus is from Latin and 01b00many but not all02b00 words that end in -us in Latin are made plural by changing -us to -i. However, most dictionaries will list the "English" as well as the Latin form of the plurals. Cactuses, octopuses. 02br
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00Virus must be one of the Latin words that does NOT take the -i ending. I thing I heard those words called
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