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Re: [bug] Ambitus broken as of 2.5.2
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Laura Conrad |
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Re: [bug] Ambitus broken as of 2.5.2 |
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Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:55:27 -0500 |
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>>>>> "Juergen" == Juergen Reuter <address@hidden> writes:
Juergen> BTW., not only my Latin dictionary, but also Webster's
Juergen> says that the plural of "ambitus" is "ambitus" (with long
Juergen> "u"), not "ambits".
Yes, but ambit is a perfectly good English word, which can be used to
mean ambitus, and the plural of ambit is ambits. Most English
speakers prefer to make a phonemic distinction between the singular
and plural forms of a word, and the long u/short u distinction isn't
used phonemically in English.
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