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Re: hypercorrection examples
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Susan van Druten <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:54:34 -0500
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I just came across the hypercorrect Greek and Latin plurals axia,  
peni, rhinoceri, and octopi in Pinker's _Words and Rules_.

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