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Thread #160890   Message #3821180
Posted By: Iains
17-Nov-16 - 11:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: Brexit again
Subject: RE: BS: Brexit again
'Referendums' is logically preferable as a plural form meaning 'ballots on one issue' (as a Latin gerund, referendum has no plural). The Latin plural gerundive 'referenda', meaning 'things to be referred', necessarily connotes a plurality of issues.

in or out ain't a plurality!