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Old 05-08-2009, 11:10 PM   #2
Kingswood
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 View Post
If you're reading a single word, with no context whatsoever, it's irrelevant whether it's the plural of, using your example, ax or axis. Unless you're at Home Depot and can't remember if the word on the paper is to remind you to pick up a couple axes, in which case there is context.
How would you know that it is always irrelevant? How do you know that context is always available?
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