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::Incidentally, if the new category name is simply a taxon (like maybe [[:Categoria:Dasypodidae]]) of course there's no problem. It is when you try to join words together that you need to study grammar! <font face="Gill Sans">[[Usor:Andrew Dalby|Andrew]]<font color="green">[[Disputatio Usoris:Andrew Dalby| Dalby]]</font></font> 10:07, 18 Martii 2009 (UTC)
::the category about families is indeed only for the taxon, [[Usor:Hendricus|Hendricus]] 10:13, 18 Martii 2009 (UTC)
:::Fine. It all looks great. Making regular categories for each family is a big improvement: much better than what we had before. Forgive my irritation! Your problem isthis morning was: for the phrase "Families of mammals [etc.]" you need (a) the nominative plural of ''familia'', which is ''Familiae'', "families"; (b) the genitive plural of the taxon, e.g. ''Mammalia'' > ''Mammalium'' "of Mammalia". You cannot form the genitive plural unless you know what declension the word belongs to: it isn't obvious. This is one of the things that botanists have to learn when they study botanical Latin! Sometimes our article will tell you the genitive form, but not always. So, anyway, if in doubt, feel free to ask before creating the category. <font face="Gill Sans">[[Usor:Andrew Dalby|Andrew]]<font color="green">[[Disputatio Usoris:Andrew Dalby| Dalby]]</font></font> 12:18, 18 Martii 2009 (UTC)