Popular usage of the word Alumni implies people who have graduated or spent time at an institution, organization or a program. Alumni can be corporate, academic, social, or military. It is also come to denote gender neutral usage of the term.
Historically, American Heritage Dictionary refers to an alumnus “as a male graduate or former student of a school, college, or university;” whereas “an alumna is a woman graduate or former student of a school, college, or university.” That is because in Latin grammar, nouns are constructed according to case, gender (masculine, feminine, or neuter), and number (singular or plural). The Latin word, “alumnus” thus has four forms in the nominative case: “alumnus” (masculine, singular), “alumna” (feminine, singular), “alumni” (masculine, plural), and “alumnae” (feminine, plural).
9 responses so far ↓
1 annapoorna // Oct 11, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Hello,
Has anyone logged on to this?
2 raksha // Oct 12, 2007 at 10:15 pm
This is really a very good initiative by TWB. I am trying to get back to technical writing. I’m sure this forum is going to give me useful information to get back on track.
3 annapoorna // Oct 16, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Hello Raksha,
You can post your query as a general request.
4 sriram // Oct 23, 2007 at 3:30 pm
I appreciate this initiative by TWB. It will definitely act as a major resource for Technical Writing.
5 Sudheer // Nov 15, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Let me congratulate TWB on this venture.
6 \')/* // May 26, 2008 at 3:21 am
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7 Velociroflcoptersaurus // Dec 8, 2008 at 8:15 am
get a velociroflcoptersaurus up ya!!
8 Smitha Thahir // Jun 25, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Hello,
I hope that this will be a good forum for receiving updates and useful information
9 Asha // Jun 26, 2009 at 12:21 pm
I have a gained a lot from the TWB Alumni Blog. It has always helped reading about experienced technical writers and the work that they do in their respective companies. It provides an insight into this profession. Thanks so much.
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