| 词组 | appendix |
| 释义 | appendix A generous number of commentators, buttressed by the evidence in various dictionaries, assure us that both appendixes and appendices are standard and acceptable plurals for appendix. A couple of British books find appendices more common in the U.K., and a few American ones find appendixes more common in the U.S. The Merriam-Webster files do not lack evidence in this matter, and we believe that both plurals may be found with almost equal frequency on both sides of the Atlantic. A correspondent in 1977 informed us that in the U.K. appendixes is preferred in medical contexts; appendices in publishing contexts. Our evidence gives the lie to the second half of the assertion, but we cannot prove or disprove the medical contention. We have evidence for both plurals in American medical contexts. As for publishing contexts: • ... 100 pages of exceedingly miscellaneous appendixes —N. Y. Times Book Rev., 5 Aug. 1984 • The appendixes are particularly valuable —Times Literary Supp., 21 May 1982 • ... 30 pages of appendices —N Y. Times Book Rev., 9 Aug. 1981 • ... study of the appendices to the working timetables —Times Literary Supp., 15 July 1983 Take your pick. |
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