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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">If you are going to complain about the
singular use of "phenomena," then you ought to include "data" and "media" while
you're at it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS">-- David Frank</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gogaku@ix.netcom.com href="mailto:gogaku@ix.netcom.com">Benjamin
Barrett</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:55
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Lexicog] Law of
Synonyms</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"></FONT><BR></DIV>I think someone on the
American Dialect Society once noted that agenda used to be a plural noun.
Surely, that jarred many people's ears when it made the transition. Younger
people don't seem to be bothered by the plural forms homeworks and slangs. You
simply cannot stop this sort of linguistic change! BB
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<DIV>On Oct 15, 2008, at 8:45 AM, bolstar1 wrote:</DIV><BR
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">SIDE BAR: I've given up
counting how often people misuse the<SPAN
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">term "phenomenon" vs. "phenomena." I cringe when
I hear someone (esp.<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR
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infrequent phenomena."<SPAN
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.22em">Scott Nelson<BR
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