And presumably each section would then be an agendum? ;-)
Robert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adrian Midgley
> Sent: 16 January 2004 02:07
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> Subject: Re: Pedants Weakly
>
> On Thursday 15 January 2004 16:35, Gavin Jamie wrote:
>
> > > "... another agenda ..."
> > >
> > > Agenda is the plural of agendum, so anyone with an agenda has by
> > > definition more than one thing in mind.
> >
> > Surely "... other agenda ..." what with agenda being plural and all. :)
>
> I think one's agenda is the totality[1] of ones intentions, therefore one
has
> one agenda. It might well be subdivided into sections were it written
down.
>
>
>
> [1] clearly the word of the week
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