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Formulas or formulae?

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boogiewoogie · 13/03/2009 21:16

I believe its the latter to mean the plural of formula but I have also seen the first used. What do Pendants think?

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MoshiMoshi · 14/03/2009 10:33

It actually can be both apparently!

boogiewoogie · 14/03/2009 11:47

oops, apostrophe missing in it's!

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Tommy · 14/03/2009 11:55

it may depend on the context.
If you are talking about science,I would say formulae.
If it is formula milk, formulas

Habbibu · 14/03/2009 14:35

Agree with Tommy - we have lots of Latin words with non-Latin plurals, so there's no "rule" as such, but some stay in formal jargon. Probably both are acceptable.

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