Plural of focus (1 Viewer)

[Götterfunken]

Foci or focuses?

 

[TheHeretic]

Foci or focuses?

It can be both I think. Foci is more scientific/mathematic though... Maybe. Never thought about it ><

 

[_muse_]

i thought it was focuses... but thinking about it it seems a little informal to me now

 

[Abbeygale]

Foci will make you look really pretentious, but that's just my opinion. Markers might like pretentiousness.

I would go with focuses. The 'uses' plural is correct in English. The latin plural is more complicated than simply 'us' becomes 'i', so if you go with focuses you're guaranteed to have the correct plural, but if you try for foci there's a chance you'll be wrong. Plus, it's possible that the marker will be confused about what you mean, which would impact impression marking and disrupt the flow of your essay.

 

[kami]

Focuses denotes that it is focusing - verb
Foci denotes more than one focus - plural
Essentially though you could probably use either or avoid the issue entirely if you structured the sentence properly.

 

[gorgo31]

Haha it's like syllabuses and syllabi! No one uses syllabi cause it looks too wanky.

Or it may not be like that at all.

 

[*caramel adele*]

or you could just write fuci for a laugh.

 

[Götterfunken]

I just didn't use the word. :\