[!CrackMonkey!] A personal message from Cleo just for you!

[The Mighty Silverback]

>>>>> "NE" == Not Erik <squinky at dasbistro.com> writes:

    NE> Not to go jumping into someone else's grammatical argument or
    NE> anything,

Hey, come on in. The water is fine.

    NE>  but would the term "agenda" be considered a collective noun,
    NE> much like you could pluralize your lead of foxes and my lead
    NE> of foxes to be two leads of foxes?

I don't think so. I mean, an agenda of _what_? Owls? Caterpillars?
Viruses?

    NE> Maybe closer, though, to the frequent use of the term
    NE> "peoples," which still makes me cringe, but apparently is an
    NE> accepted use when referring to the plural 'people' as a
    NE> singular ('a people').

You know, I think the term "people", which comes from the Latin
"populus", originally meant "nation" or "race," and was later adapted
to be the plural of "person." But I'm not sure.

    NE> It's another bastardization of words creeping its way into
    NE> accepted speech, but if precedent is proof of propriety, then
    NE> there you go.  I mean, it doesn't mean granite rocks and
    NE> limestone rocks together can be called 'rockses,' but it may
    NE> only be a matter of time before that will be in common speech.

Sure. But the enjoyment of proper grammar comes principally from
correcting others.

~TMS

P.S. This message is no longer personal and just for you.

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