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Subject: Re: [office-comment] Index Structure (ODF all versions)
Alex Brown wrote: > Also, ODF sometimes mentions "indices", sometimes "indexes". It would be > nice to standardize on one form - preferably "indexes" since you've got > an element with that as a substring. > According to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indices "When referring to a directory listing, the plural indexes <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indexes> should be used." This is the usage I certainly am comfortable with. According to http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ind2.htm /"Index/ is a good example of a small subgroup in which both plurals are alive and well but in which usage has separated their senses. Another is /appendix/, in which /appendices/ refers to books but /appendixes/ to bodily organs. /Indices/ has survived in scientific work, especially in mathematics. ... But it’s the only situation in which it’s found. The usual plural is /indexes/, which first appeared in the seventeenth century. If you’re talking about several of the sort in books, for example, that’s the right one to use." For some amusement see http://lists.canonical.org/pipermail/kragen-tol/2007-April/000863.html Cheers Rick Jelliffe
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