Business as usual in healthcare is broken and we've got to do something different. Zeigt, dass das Patentsystem in vielen Bereichen seit langem kaputt ist. Shows that the system has been badly broken in many areas for a long time.
Mumps is a plural noun but treated as a singular noun.
Virus is a neuter noun in Latin. That means its plural, if there were an attested ancient usage of virus in the plural, would have ended in an -a, because neuter nouns in (ancient Greek and) Latin end in an -a, in the plural nominative and accusative cases.The example of the plural of datum is a case in point.Since datum is a neuter singular, its plural is data. Viri is the plural of the masculine 2nd declension noun vir, which means 'man'. Vir 'man' is a masculine noun and the -i ending is appropriate for the plural nominative of masculine second declension nouns.Octopus comes from the Greek, so the-us ending does not mark a Latin masculine noun of the second declension.The Greek-based plural is octopodes. By N.S.he example of the plural of datum is a case in point. Since datum is a neuter singular, its plural is data. Viri is the plural of the masculine 2nd declension noun vir, which means 'man'. Vir 'man' is a masculine noun and the -i ending is appropriate for the plural nominative of masculine second declension nouns.