ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) (11/21/84)
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A com. sci. prof who is also a Classical language and Hebrew scholar
makes for some lively lectures. Wisconsin's Rafael Finkel was
explaining Ada syntax to an OS class some years ago (more than
I like to think about), and after noting the existence of a
"pragma" statement, asked us "What's the plural of pragma?"
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The plural of pragma is "pragmata," just as the plural of schema is "schemata." They are both Greek words. Marco Valtorta (mgv@duke)
net@asgb.UUCP (11/28/84)
"pragma" is pluralized in the same way "schema" is: pragma -> pragmata schema -> schemata Bob Devine ...!asgb!moloch!devine
tom@uwai.UUCP (11/30/84)
> The plural of pragma is "pragmata," just as the plural of schema > is "schemata." They are both Greek words. Likewise stigma --> stigmata. -- Tom Christiansen University of Wisconsin Computer Science Systems Lab ...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,uwm-evax}!uwvax!tom tom@wisc-ai.arpa
gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) (12/04/84)
-- >> Other words with plurals like (pragma, pragmata) are >> adenoma, blastema, bregma, carcinoma, carcinosarcoma, chiasma... >> ..., sterigma, stigma, stoma, trauma, zygoma >> Also... >> (datum, data) >> (erratum, errata) >> Peter Montgomery Watch it. Pragma is Greek, hence the -ta plural. Datum, erratum et al. are Latin, whose neuter (-um) nouns are pluralized by -a. -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 03 Dec 84 [13 Frimaire An CXCIII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7188 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***