On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:28:50 GMT, "Darrien"
<Darrien_Lambert@NA.COM@hotmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on
going with:

>> [...]
>>>http://www.perl.com/language/misc/virus.html
>>
>> I'll see your perl.com and raise you a Harvard Divinity School.
>>
>> http://www.hds.harvard.edu/its/docs/virus.html
>>
>> And in the course of my googling, my pedantic friend, I discover that
>> if you want to object to "virii" then you really also ought to object
>> to "virus" being used to refer to a single object as well. Apparently,
>> it was a mass noun, having neither singular nor plural form.
>> 
>
>Harvard supports me both ways:

How do you figure that?
>
>* You may, from time to time, see the plural form of the word 
>"virus" written as "virii" rather than "viruses."  Either is acceptable. 
>
>
>Main Entry: ac・cept・able 
>Pronunciation: ik-'sep-t&-b&l, ak- also ek-
>Function: adjective
>Date: 14th century
>
>2 b : barely satisfactory or adequate

But what does "barely" mean. It means that it surpasses the threshold.
It is not unsatisfactory or inadequate. It is, therefore, both
satisfactory and adequate.








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