atw: Re: Mouses??

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
> 
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