Re: Hijack!

Gregory Williamson wrote:
>> Well, off to top post on some other forums ... ;-)

statman wrote:
> <Mr. Picky Mode> Should that not be "Well, off to post on some other
> fora"? </Mr. Picky Mode> 8¬>

No.  It /can/ be, but it /needn't/ be.  Actually, saying "fora" is variously
considered affected, pompous or silly, and is done either out of excessive
pedantry or humorous rhetorical style.

As in this instance.

> The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage.
>  * Ref: Modern English Usage, 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658).
 From <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forum>

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