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The superpedant replies: It's a good thing



Look on the bright side:  this enlightening discussion at least stopped the
discussion of list changes!

T H A N K  Y O U!

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-----Original Message-----
From: Maria Clara Assuncao [mailto:massuncao@BN.PT]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 1:07 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: The superpedant replies


Please, stop the offenses because of my reply.
Ethel is right saying the word is greek.
Eric is right saying it is late latin.
The root of the word is greek. But the sufix is latin. That's why the plural
is formed in the latin way and not the greek way. I was partly right, too.
OK ?

Maria Clara Assunção

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Centro de Estudos Musicológicos
Biblioteca Nacional
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> De:   Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S.[SMTP:lufte@MAIL.UPSTATE.EDU]
> Responder a:  Archives & Archivists
> Enviado:      Quarta-feira, 24 de Janeiro de 2001 17:59
> Para:         ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Assunto:      The superpedant replies
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