input and output

Subject: input and output
From: Rebecca Phillips <rebecca -at- QRONUS -dot- CO -dot- IL>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 12:57:07 +-300

Are input and output plural nouns? Inputs and outputs sound wrong to me, but the engineers here seem to feel that since there is more than one thing input, it should be a plural.


Rebecca M. Phillips
Documentation Manager
Qronus Interactive Ltd.
rebecca -at- qronus -dot- co -dot- il

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