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Old 03-27-2010, 07:22 AM   #164
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Originally Posted by Patricia View Post
It's a Latin third declension noun. The singular is forum. The plural is fora.
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second declension, both masc. nouns in -us and neuter nouns in -um fall under the second declension.
I have no idea which of you is right - in Latin.

But 'forum' is a perfectly normal English word too. In English the plural is 'forums'. I would only use fora if I was actually referring to the many fora that there were in ancient Rome.
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