Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Is the plural of a computer mouse 'mouses' or 'mice'?

If you have a real mouse, the plural of it would be mice.





Is this the same with a computer mouse?Is the plural of a computer mouse 'mouses' or 'mice'?
For my understanding mice refers to current mouse which is without ballIs the plural of a computer mouse 'mouses' or 'mice'?
Real animals: Mice





Computer Mouse: Mouses





I know it sounds wierd but thats how it is.





MOUSE is an acronym, and is short for Manually-Operated User-Selection Equipment so technically MOUSE is already the plural (... Equipments?) Most people, however pluralise acronyms, and initials in general, by adding a small s, so it would be MOUSEs, which seems a bit silly. Mice is also wrong, as it doesn't stand for anything, but it does make more grammatical sense than calling them MOUSE or MOUSEs.
Sure is. Mice is your word.
Mice
It is mice.





Just because it's not a furry critter doesn't mean it's special in the grammar area :)
If you are still unsure. Call it/them Pointing devise/s

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