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Old 12-12-2005, 01:15 PM
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Eek! Another Grammar Thread!

Okay, which is proper when referring to myself:

"As an alumnae volunteer,"

"As an alumna volunteer,"

My spell checker keeps "correcting it" by converting it to the second one.
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Old 12-12-2005, 01:18 PM
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Re: Eek! Another Grammar Thread!

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Okay, which is proper when referring to myself:

"As an alumnae volunteer,"

"As an alumna volunteer,"

My spell checker keeps "correcting it" by converting it to the second one.
Are you referring to yourself (singular)?

That's probably why it keeps going to the second one.

If you are referring to yourself as an alumna member of your sorority, then I would use the second one. You could say "As an volunteer with an alumnae chapter", or something like that if you just want to use the word "alumnae".
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Old 12-12-2005, 01:21 PM
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ETA: Nevermind. I figured out another way to word it. Thanks!
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Old 12-12-2005, 01:24 PM
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Jubilance is right... I am pretty sure that "alumnae" is feminine plural, "alumna" is feminine singular, and "alumnus" is masculine plural. "Alumni" is used for mixed-sex plural.

Wow, too much information.... But there ya go. At least, that's what I was taught as an active.
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Old 12-12-2005, 01:46 PM
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Alumnus--masculine singular
Alumni--masculine plural and mixed-sex plural
Alumna--feminine singular
Alumnae--feminine plural
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Old 12-12-2005, 02:00 PM
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If you use proper Latin (which you should), Alumna is singular nominative case feminine, while -ae is plural. Alumnus is singular nominative case masculine, and -i is plural. For neuter, singular nominative is Alum, plural is -a.
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Old 12-12-2005, 08:57 PM
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Re: Eek! Another Grammar Thread!

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"As an alumnae volunteer"
My vote goes to this one. That is what I would use.
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Old 12-12-2005, 10:13 PM
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My vote goes to this one. That is what I would use.
That would be incorrect because "alumnae" is plural.
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Old 12-12-2005, 10:28 PM
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Use "as a volunteer for the alumnae chapter..."
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Old 12-12-2005, 10:29 PM
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Right, but I'm not referring to the alumnae chapter.

I went a completely different direction, so I got it figured out. Thanks everyone!
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