This Week's Inquirer: Yes, ‘bacteria,’ ‘data,’ and ‘agenda’ are all technically plural.

But don't be annoying about it.

Every time you think Latin is dead, it rears its ugly zombie head again, gnashing its gnarly prescriptivist teeth and reviving revolting revenants of language.

Sometimes literally: Two weeks ago, Clorox fired the latest Latin salvo with their recall of Pine-Sol scented multi-surface cleaners due to “risk of exposure to bacteria.”

Even though Clorox’s usage of the word “bacteria” was uncontroversial, they invoked a term that makes the undead Latinists take up their arms.

Read the full column at Inquirer.com.