Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwai.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwai!tom From: tom@uwai.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: The plural of pragma Message-ID: <166@uwai.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 04:49:54 EST Article-I.D.: uwai.166 Posted: Fri Nov 30 04:49:54 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 04:38:04 EST References: <476@amdahl.UUCP>, <782@utastro.UUCP>, <5071@duke.UUCP>, <1348@ihuxq.UUCP> <5089@duke.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 11 > The plural of pragma is "pragmata," just as the plural of schema > is "schemata." They are both Greek words. Likewise stigma --> stigmata. -- Tom Christiansen University of Wisconsin Computer Science Systems Lab ...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,uwm-evax}!uwvax!tom tom@wisc-ai.arpa