• From: Fotios <f_bass@y...>
• To: peter@s...
• Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 02:00:44 +0100

Peter,

However, *all* English dictionaries list "schemata" as the plural of
"schema" (even the old ones).
Only some of them list "schemas" as a second acceptable plural form of
"schema".

I guess it is more a matter of practicality than anything else.

Later,

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Flynn [mailto:peter@s...]
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:33 AM
> To: fotios@a...
> Cc: xml-dev@l...
> Subject: RE: Newbie
>
>
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, you wrote:
> > The plural of "schema" *is* "schemata".
>
> In Greek, yes. The word has been anglicised for use in English.
>
> ///Peter



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