AGENDA

Agenda, though in form plural, has been admitted to the language as a singular word. Nobody would say " the agenda for Monday's meeting [have] not yet reached me ". If a word is needed for one of the components of the agenda, say " item No. so-and-so of the agenda " not " agendum No. so-and-so ", which would be the extreme of pedantry.

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