It is usually done by scientists, which tend to be pedantic nerds. Perhaps they are less exposed to Latin than Europeans?
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while we are at it, please take "complementary" and "complimentary" out of Americans' hands. They don't know the difference
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maybe they just don't know better. Happens in German, too. There are even pluralized forms of the Latin plural, like "Praktikas".
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Phenomenarrghh
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@Plinz Who does that? Bad enough that they say "a visa" and "visas". Although "one spaghetti" and "two spaghettis" is close second. -
who put the ghetto in spaghetto?
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Many American speakers only vaguely know when to use "I" and "me". Plus we often use "they" as singular when unsure of gender.
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exempli gratia?
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the wanna be cool
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