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It is somewhat surprising that a wordsmith as creative as Kevin Myers seems to hold the prescriptive belief that plurals of loan words in English, such as syllabus, must be formed by adding 's' or 'es' (Irish Independent, March 4). I look forward, therefore, to Mr Myers referring to the 'mass mediums' of communication and to the 'graffitoes' defacing our walls.

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