On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, Timothy Pederick wrote:
Only where the generic name is not also a common name, like *Geranium* vs. geranium, or *Octopus* vs. octopus -- especially where, as in these two examples and probably also the case of "bacillus", the common name encompasses more than just that genus.
Now you've made me start to wonder, if Joe were to write about many "geraniums" or "octopi", would we insist on changing those words to the proper plurals of "gerania" and "octopodes"? :)
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