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Subject:RE: INDEX IN WORD97 From:"Brady, Joy" <JBrady -at- alldata -dot- net> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:24:51 -0400
Phil Saum wrote:
"Sorry to sound like a pain here, but this is something I have
wondered about
> for a while: Wouldn't the plural of index be indices?"
>
Maybe that's an Americanism? American Heritage Dictionary (1969, 1970, 1971,
1972, 1973) allows for both, with "Indexes" listed first, "Indices" second.
