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Plural of scheme

What is the proper plural of scheme? Schemes? Schema? Schemeta? Schemata?
Seems like I was taught that schema was the proper form, but can't find any references to that.
Thanks! -Cloy
  

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[nq:1]What is the proper plural of scheme? Schemes? Schema?

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  • [nq:1]What is the proper plural of scheme?
  • Schemes?
  • Schema?
  • Schemeta?
  • Schemata?
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[nq:1]What is the proper plural of scheme? Schemes? Schema? Schemeta? Schemata? Seems like I was taught that schema was the proper form, but can't find any references to that.[/nq]
Probably because scheme is a regular English
noun, made plural as schemes.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:2]What is the proper plural of scheme? Schemes? Schema? Schemeta? ... the proper form, but can't find any references to that.[/nq]
[nq:1]Probably because scheme is a regular English noun, made plural as schemes.[/nq]
Schemata is the plural of schema , which isn't quite synonymous with scheme .

Mike.
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[nq:1]What is the proper plural of scheme? Schemes?[/nq]
This one (schemes).
Schema?
'Schema' is singular, and
[nq:1]Schemata?[/nq]
'schemata' and 'schemas' are its plural forms.
[nq:1]Seems like I was taught that schema was the proper form, but can't find any references to that.[/nq]
Because it's wrong.
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