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TIL:
1) some people use the word "boni" instead of "bonuses"
2) they're wrong to do so, aesthetically, because "boni" is a very ugly word. i guess on some level i've known this for as long as my aesthetic considerations have had their current form, and so i didn't learn it today, but i did notice it today
3) they're separately wrong by the rules of the game where you import Latin plurals into English, because "bonus" is not a Latin noun, it's an adjective.
(there is, also, a Latin noun "bonus". but the English word derives from the adjective)
1) some people use the word "boni" instead of "bonuses"
2) they're wrong to do so, aesthetically, because "boni" is a very ugly word. i guess on some level i've known this for as long as my aesthetic considerations have had their current form, and so i didn't learn it today, but i did notice it today
3) they're separately wrong by the rules of the game where you import Latin plurals into English, because "bonus" is not a Latin noun, it's an adjective.
(there is, also, a Latin noun "bonus". but the English word derives from the adjective)