Amhtsa.134 net.misc utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!steve Fri Feb 5 10:24:01 1982 Re: Plural for Unix According to S. J. Phillips of the BTL Legal and Patent Division, "UNIX" is not a noun, but an adjective that describes Bell System software distributed under license. Thus, "UNIX system" is correct, "UNIX operator" is incorrect; "UNIX editor" is correct, "UNIX environment" is incorrect. Thus, the plural of "UNIX system" is "UNIX systems." ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.