Re: Mice or Mouses

["Savannah R. Furman" <sfurman@SERVICES.DESE.STATE.MO.US>]

This very question was asked on the radio this morning.  The conclusion
of the commentators was that the plural should be mouses, since it
doesn't refer to the animal.  As a former English teacher, I concur.

On Sat, 12 Mar 1994, Patricia Gosda wrote:

>   A trivia question:  Is it correct to refer to the plural of the computer
> mouse as mice or mouses?  This question came up today in a computer
> training class I attended and no one in the room knew the answer.
>
> Patricia Gosda (pgosda@vms1.nysed.gov)
> Van Antwerp Middle School
> Niskayuna, NY 12309
>