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KJ4DIY wrote:
The correct plural form of Antenna is Antennae. I you prefer Antennas fine I have been told recently by an Elmer that this was the correct term. The question here is not grammar but staying on topic for this forum. I'm not trying to cause an argument we have different forums so everyone can have there say. Let’s just stay on the topics of each forum. 73's ![]() I'm curious how you arrived at the "correctness" of antennae. Miriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Ed., lists both plural forms. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Second Ed., explicitly states that antennae is plural for the appendages on insects, and antennas is plural for the electromagnetic device. These different plural usages are by far the most common in my experience. I only occasionally see "antennae" to describe radio antennas, mostly in very old texts or when used by an academic -- or rraa poster -- trying to emphasize his distance from the hoi polloi. Your reference for "correctness" didn't happen to be a zoology text, did it? Roy Lewallen, W7EL |
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