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Old 09-Mar-2004, 23:02
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Default Re: nouns plural

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Originally Posted by fleming
I understand that the plural for mouse is mice; however, when use in the following sentence is this plural correct.

All of the computer mice are working.

Are we using the noun plural for mouse correctly?
Yes, we are stuck with that at the moment. The poor mouse was named before the compuiter was invented.
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