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February 3rd 04, 06:07 AM
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"W4JLE" w4jle(remove to wrote in message ... That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are different. I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural. |
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February 3rd 04, 06:28 AM
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Nope, antennae only applies to bugs, the devices used to receive radio waves
are antennas. "Brenda Ann" wrote in message ... "W4JLE" w4jle(remove to wrote in message ... That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are different. I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural. |
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#3
February 3rd 04, 03:19 PM
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Brenda Ann wrote:
I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural. My unabridged dictionary says that antennas is the plural of RF antenna and antennae is the plural of insect antenna. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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