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minus-squarejaybonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI guess the correct plural is virii or viruses? (Phone still underlines that first one hmm)
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s a common misconception, vira or viruses is correct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us#Virus https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/virus#English
Vira, that’s funny.
I guess the correct plural is virii or viruses?
(Phone still underlines that first one hmm)
That’s a common misconception, vira or viruses is correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us#Virus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/virus#English