Re: Trouble staying connected after 10-15 mins.

From: *Vanguard* (no-email_at_post-reply-in-newsgroup.invalid)
Date: 03/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 03:44:27 -0600

"JonRogers" said in
news:95534E61-9249-4B21-AD62-C809FE1C01E0@microsoft.com:
> I believe that I have found the problem being malware virii. If the
> problem persists I will make another post.

The plural of "virus" is "viruses". The replacement of "i" as the
plural form for a word ending in "us" does not apply (since "vir" is not
the root but "virus" as a whole is). "Virus" is not a single count form
of "vir", a variant of "viro"; i.e., you don't take "vir" to add "us" to
denote a singular of "vir". "Virus" is all one word that happens to end
in "us" but which has nothing to do with counting. Plus, when
applicable, you only add a single "i" to replace "us" (when used in a
count noun rather than a mass noun), not two of them!

virii -- Incorrect pluralization of "virus", used by people who want to
make themselves look smarter. Example: "My computer is infected with
virii! I am also a moron."
http://spl.haxial.net/viruses.html

And although there actually is a 'viri' form for 'virus', it's the
genitive *singular*, not the nominative plural.
*Virii is still completely silly, so don't do that; otherwise, everyone
will know you're just a blathering script kiddie.
http://www.perl.com/language/misc/virus.html 

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