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[quote=Anonymous]Once, when I was young and naive, I tried to convince a bunch of my (very educated) senior colleagues that we must use "fora" instead of "forums" when talking about the various sessions available at a large conference. They all rolled their eyes at me. It's not that they didn't know the plural of "forum". It's that certain rules of Latin and other non-English grammar are suspended in common use, and to insist on the correct use as if your Latin teacher was grading you is, well, pretentious. I have come around to seeing it their way. I haven't forgotten what is correct, I have just accepted the conventions. [/quote]
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