RE: jaf9 Mar 2022 18:01
Jaf, when it comes to words to ‘borrowed words’ they usually take the form and use of the language using them. If we were to go to all the words with latin roots we would end up taking a lot of ‘s’ s , ‘tions’and all sorts. Additionally, as words become used they are the correct form for the speaker. It’s not just words, phrases too: Parthian Shot, used because Parthian warfare required horse riding bowmen to ride up fir an arrow and ride off, became over time ‘parting shot’ now commonly used. So now that becomes correct.
It’s also worth mentioning that forum as a noun refers to a public place, whereas Troajan was referring to it as a group for discussion- for that purpose the fora would be the incorrect plural. All imho.