On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 10:51:22AM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Alexander Schmehl wrote:
> > * Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> [070406 23:38]:
> >
> >> Updated package indices won't be downloaded in their entirety, but instead
> >> patched with smaller files containing only differences from earlier versions.
> >
> > Ah, I like it. Commited :)
>
> I vote against "indices". According to the OED and every other
> reference work I can find, the standard plural of "index" in the
> sense of "alphabeticised list" is "indexes"; "indices" are the kind
> of index that occurs in mathematics or physics ("refractive index",
> "subscript index" etc).
Not exclusively, though I agree that "indices" is subordinate as a plural
form for the usage in the references I checked (my local installed
dictionaries, and m-w.com).
I now eagerly await your challenge to "appendices" as a plural with another
meaning. ;-)
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