I’ve taught statistics for over 20 years. I flipflop on this constantly, sometimes in the middle of a sentence. Even more disturbing: I don’t have a consistent position, at least grammatically, on whether it’s singular or plural.
edit: On further thought, it only works both ways as a synonym for a highway, if I’m talking about a path more generally the root pronunciation sounds wrong.
I’ve taught statistics for over 20 years. I flipflop on this constantly, sometimes in the middle of a sentence. Even more disturbing: I don’t have a consistent position, at least grammatically, on whether it’s singular or plural.
It’s sort of like the dual pronunciation of the word ‘a’ in English. While that has more distinct rules, it’s still mostly which one feels nicer.
Another one for me is “route”.
edit: On further thought, it only works both ways as a synonym for a highway, if I’m talking about a path more generally the root pronunciation sounds wrong.