AWINFHAH@HMARL5.BITNET (03/30/89)
There has been a lot of talking on the net about the virus phenomenon lately. Many authors used nearly as many different plural forms of the word virus: viruses, viri, vires and even virii. Unfortunately none of these is correct in my opinion. A shallow survey of latin reveals the following information: Singular vir vis virus Plural viri vires virus Meaning man power,force poison,venom Therefore the correct plural of virus is.... virus. In order to avoid confusion I suggest that 'viruses' be used (the English plural of virus). Roger Hunen. Disclaimer #1 : my opinions are my own, and not even known to my employer. Disclaimer #2 : my opinions are better than my typing.