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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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12-12-2005, 01:18 PM
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Re: Eek! Another Grammar Thread!
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Originally posted by AXiD670
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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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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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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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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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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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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12-12-2005, 08:57 PM
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Re: Eek! Another Grammar Thread!
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"As an alumnae volunteer"
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My vote goes to this one. That is what I would use.
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12-12-2005, 10:13 PM
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Re: Re: Eek! Another Grammar Thread!
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My vote goes to this one. That is what I would use.
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That would be incorrect because "alumnae" is plural.
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12-12-2005, 10:28 PM
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Use "as a volunteer for the alumnae chapter..."
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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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