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#2 (permalink) Sun Mar 15, 2009 23:15 pm plural |
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mice _________________ con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. |
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Milanya I'm here quite often ;-)
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#3 (permalink) Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:18 pm Should I say "bring me two mouses" or "two mice"? |
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Milanya!
I think mice sounds a bit awkward in this context. I haven't heard many people say that. People usually say mouses. _________________ Non-native speaker of English
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Daemon99 I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Mon Mar 16, 2009 13:55 pm Should I say "bring me two mouses" or "two mice"? |
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We are both right.
mouse Plural mice or mouses A hand-held input device that is moved about on a flat surface to direct the cursor on a computer screen. It also has buttons for activating computer functions. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mouse _________________ con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. |
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Milanya I'm here quite often ;-)
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#5 (permalink) Mon Mar 16, 2009 19:29 pm Should I say "bring me two mouses" or "two mice"? |
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Really interesting! I learnt something new today :) _________________ First lesson - English, not english. I, not i. ~A student of English |
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Gray I'm here quite often ;-)

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#6 (permalink) Mon Mar 16, 2009 20:46 pm Should I say "bring me two mouses" or "two mice"? |
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| This is plain easy....not a big deal....if you're referring to the animal, mice...computer stuff mouses. |
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Rafaelinrio I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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