Date:    Wed, 17 Jun 1998 13:53:58 -0400
<br>From:    Bob Haas <rahaas[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: e-mail/paper mail
<br>
<br>I would agree with this usage.  When I write that the plural of e-mail is
<br>e-mail, I'm using it as a collective noun.  I've never really been
<br>comfortable with "e-mails," but why would I need to be?  I agree with
<br>Peter.  I don't have four e-mails to answer; I have some e-mail to answer,
<br>or four messages in my e-mail.  The analogy here is message=letter for me.
<br>I would never have said of traditional mail, "Look, the postman brought me
<br>three mails!"  But this, of course, is only my perspective.
<br>
<br>
<br>Peter Richardson wrote:
<br>
<br>> I take it, then, that the plural of "an e-mail" is "some e-mail" and not
<br>> "e-mails." If necessary, "two email messages," but not "two emails." Or
<br>> maybe "ease-mail?"
<br>>
<br>> Peter
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<br>   --
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<br>Bob Haas
<br>University of North Carolina at Greensboro
<br>rahaas[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]hamlet.uncg.edu
<br>
<br>"No matter where you go, there you are."
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