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Old May 20th 16, 01:50 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Roger Hayter Roger Hayter is offline
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Default When did ignorance overcome education, for the correct plural is, "antennae"?

AndyW wrote:


Bottom line: English evolves constantly and Antennas and Antennae are
both correct but one is in the ascendancy and the other is on the wane.
Neither can be said to be the correct one and neither can be said to be
wrong.

Andy

I would like to endorse that last sentence! In the UK both are
acceptable, and the time when we could dictate what is 'correct' to the
rest of the English-speaking world is long past.


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Roger Hayter