Re: Language for taxonomic names, redux
Michael Everson <[email protected]>
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On 2 Mar 2017, at 19:49, Kent Karlsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm. Since these are /names/ of /entire species/ (not individuals), I don't think it is appropriate to pluralise these names in any language. Yet we do. I’m sure one could easily hear “I saw three Archaeopteryxes, four Tyrannosaurs (or four Tyrannosaurus rexes), and six Homo erectuses. Michael PS: The plural of euro is euros. _______________________________________________ Ietf-languages mailing list [email protected] http://www.alvestrand.no/mailman/listinfo/ietf-languages