Eek! Another Grammar Thread!

[WCUgirl]

Okay, which is proper when referring to myself:

"As an alumnae volunteer,"

"As an alumna volunteer,"

My spell checker keeps "correcting it" by converting it to the second one.

[jubilance1922]

Originally posted by AXiD670
Okay, which is proper when referring to myself:

"As an alumnae volunteer,"

"As an alumna volunteer,"

My spell checker keeps "correcting it" by converting it to the second one.

Are you referring to yourself (singular)?

That's probably why it keeps going to the second one.

If you are referring to yourself as an alumna member of your sorority, then I would use the second one. You could say "As an volunteer with an alumnae chapter", or something like that if you just want to use the word "alumnae".

[WCUgirl]

ETA: Nevermind. I figured out another way to word it. Thanks!

[Lindz928]

Jubilance is right... I am pretty sure that "alumnae" is feminine plural, "alumna" is feminine singular, and "alumnus" is masculine plural. "Alumni" is used for mixed-sex plural.

Wow, too much information.... But there ya go. At least, that's what I was taught as an active.

[MSKKG]

Alumnus--masculine singular
Alumni--masculine plural and mixed-sex plural
Alumna--feminine singular
Alumnae--feminine plural

[Xylochick216]

If you use proper Latin (which you should), Alumna is singular nominative case feminine, while -ae is plural. Alumnus is singular nominative case masculine, and -i is plural. For neuter, singular nominative is Alum, plural is -a.

[AOX81]

Originally posted by AXiD670
"As an alumnae volunteer"

My vote goes to this one. That is what I would use.

[MSKKG]

Originally posted by AOX81
My vote goes to this one. That is what I would use.

That would be incorrect because "alumnae" is plural.

[Taualumna]

Use "as a volunteer for the alumnae chapter..."

[WCUgirl]

Right, but I'm not referring to the alumnae chapter.

I went a completely different direction, so I got it figured out. Thanks everyone!