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Mike L  
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 More options Oct 8 2012, 5:57 pm
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From: Mike L <n...@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:57:11 +0100
Local: Mon, Oct 8 2012 5:57 pm
Subject: Re: Plural but singular in construction
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On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 08:37:50 +0100, "Guy Barry"

<guy.ba...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>"SJC"  wrote in message
>news:e3255c6c-c51e-4118-b1b7-e3f699fed597@m5g2000pbv.googlegroups.com...

>> thrips (a fly) n. pl. Thrips

>Surely that one's from a Latin or Greek singular?

Yes, per OED: from Latin, from Greek. Thanks for the info, both of
you: I had always assumed it was "one thrip, two thrips". Never had an
infestation myself (I did once catch fleas, though).

--
Mike.


 
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