However, the Microsoft one agrees with Janice - the plural of mouse (in computer terms) is mouse devices. --- Stuart Burnfield <sburnf@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Janice Gelb wrote: > > While I think "mouses" is ridiculous, I also > > object to "mice" for the plural. Our style guide > > recommends "mouse devices" if you really need a > > plural but most of the time we try to rewrite > > so as to use the singular. > > So you seem to be saying that the computer mouse > shouldn't have a plural > form ("mouses" ridiculous; "mice" objectionable; > "mouse devices" to be > avoided). Why? > > BTW the IBM Word Usage database says 'Use "mice" as > the plural of "mouse."' > > --- > Stuart Burnfield > Information Developer > IBM Australia Development Laboratory (ADL), Perth > > ************************************************** > To post a message to austechwriter, send the message > to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to > austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" > in the Subject field. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to > austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to > www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to > austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************