Bryan Garner, Garner`s Modern American Usage, Third Edition (2009) may have had in mind the order of plural entries for the index in MW and AHDEL when he raised the issue of indices versus indices: Unfortunately, the Wall Street Journal, among others, does not follow this strict rule and accepts both indices and indices as plurals of the nominal index. Stock indexes made a comeback Thursday afternoon as investors digested the minutes of the March meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, released Wednesday, showing that the central bank plans to cut its holdings of bonds by $95 billion a month as it tries to stamp out rising inflation. (Market observation) But if you zoom in on the phrasebook/book index indexes, the indexes come first. «Indexes vs. Indexes.» Grammar.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2022. Web. October 22, 2022. . Index number 4 pl usu indexes: a number, symbol or expression (as an exponent) assigned to another to indicate a mathematical operation to be performed or to indicate the use or position in an arrangement However, if you limit it to databases, I think the most common notation is indexes, and Google supports me in this area. Or omit all the apostrophes and simply add «it» to indicate both plural and possessive. The plural of index is usually written index, but clues (as in the original Latin) can also be written in subjects such as science and medicine.

If the majority of contemporary English speakers have decided to reject a ridiculous exception to the rule and spell it «indexes» as everyone intuitively wants, rather than «cues» as a Precambrian lizard would, despite the possibility of confusing noun and verb (no doubt the justification for why this particular exception was created in the first place), I wholeheartedly support the change, but for the sole reason that this sentence in the language, will I never again have to correct the grammar of the poor child to whom? Who? Which one? that? I`m talking. As old as this thread may be, I have to agree with Lauren; Indexes are suitable for the plural form of the noun – the index. Index is correct as the current tense of the verb – index. LATIN PLURAL . Most often, the Latin and English forms are quite equal, the context or individual tastes decide for one or the other: dogmas, formulas, clues, pauses and gladiolus are more suited to popular writing, while scientific treatises tend towards dogmas, formulas, clues, hiatuses and gladiolus. All we can say with certainty is that there is a tendency to abandon the Latin plural, and that if we really have doubts, what form to use? And the plural of attachment is ALWAYS appendages. Even if you are a doctor. Index, index.

Both are acceptable, although some dictionaries prefer indexes for technical applications. My question about «data as a mass name» stands, and you don`t need to quote the authorities. (Note that my reasoning about «indexes vs. Clues» actually contradicts a remarkable English authority.) It is sufficient to cite a convincing precedent, give a reasonable rule and/or give a few illustrative examples. The difference between «indices» and «indices» referred to by the federalist is that «indices» can be interpreted as the noun and present tense of the verb «index». However, «indexes» cannot be confused in this way. The use of indexes has the often desirable property that a simple grep search by index also finds this pluralization. If you are looking for indirect means that can be referenced to the same lags, this can be useful.

Like Mike Kamermans, I don`t think it`s up to us to set hard rules about what we think it should be. The English language is constantly evolving. No matter how much I may complain about using «if it was» for the subjunctive instead of «if it was,» I realize that I have to agree not to correct it every time I see it. According to a book written by a group at Cambridge University (Someone stole my copy, so I am unable to give the exact reference. It is a book that dealt with the English language as it is spoken in the world today, and which was the most commonly used rule in all these countries.), the «wrong» form is the most widely used, and to my disappointment, my favorite form is now relegated to a side box like yesterday`s castaway. You should also use indexes through indexes when you follow the AP style guide. Some perceive a small difference between simple numerically offset matrix indexes and the more sophisticated data structures of database indexes or full-text indexes. («The indexes were corrupted because the update code contains an off-by-one error in its indexes.») I googled the word and it seems that the clues are actually the plural form of index. «Indexes» and «indices» are correct English plurals of the singular noun «index».

But there is a preference for indices outside North America due to the strong adherence to Latin plurals. Clues are less pretentious than forums or dogmas, but they still are. Some authors prefer indexes in technical contexts, such as mathematics and science.