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Subject:Plural of e-mail From:geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA Date:Fri, 18 Jul 1997 12:02:15 -0500
What's the plural of e-mail? How about "spam", "listserv",
or "Usenet"? <gdr> Seriously, though, I'd treat "e-mail" as
both singular and (if quantity isn't important) plural;
this message comprises a single e-mail message, whereas the
digest compresses a heck of a lot of e-mail (plural) into a
single message. Where you need to specify the quantity, use
"messages" or (if the context isn't clear) "e-mail
messages".
--Geoff Hart @8^{)} geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
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