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Re: monotremes and multituberculates



In a message dated 97-06-20 22:26:02 EDT, j-dyal@geocities.com (Joshua Dyal)
writes:

<< This proves very little since English, as a Germanic language, is
 primarily derived from "teutonic" (i.e. germanic) in every aspect,
 syntax, vocabulary and grammer included. >>

It's not supposed to >prove< anything. These were merely examples of
nonstandard plurals in English to show that there were probably also
nonstandard plurals in Latin. Not every Latin word ending in -us has a plural
ending in -i.