From: serialhex <serialhex@...>
Date: 2011-09-13T10:23:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Any downsides to writing paranthesises?

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> wrote:
> "Parenthesis" is singular, and plural is "parentheses".  "Parenthesises"
> is not correct pluralization, though it is a third-person present form of
> parenthesise, the British spelling of parethesize.  Thus, what you said
> probably should have been "parenthesisless" (not parentheseless), and
> what the originator of this thread said should have been "parentheses"
> (not parenthesises).

...witch is why i make my life simplr, just say parens!  most of time
the ppl i am talkin to know whut i am tlakin aboot. and it savs me A)
keystrikes and 2) halving to be gramtikally corekt.

hex

p.s.  was that annoying enough?  or should i try harder next time :P
seriously though, quite informative.

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