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The plural form ofcriterion, formed according to theAncient Greek-ον(-on) →-α(-a) pluralisation pattern.

criteria

criteria (pluralcriterias)

(nonstandard, proscribed) A singlecriterion.
- For quotations using this term, seeCitations:criteria.

The wordcriteria is often treated as singular or even uncountable, but these uses are usually still considered incorrect, because the standard singular form iscriterion. The standard and most common plural form iscriteria; less common iscriterions.^[1]^[2]

^http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criterion Merriam-Webster: "The pluralcriteria has been used as a singular for over half a century:let me now return to the thirdcriteria — R. M. Nixon,that really is thecriteria — Bert Lance. Many of our examples, like the two foregoing, are taken from speech. But singularcriteria is not uncommon in edited prose, and its use both in speech and writing seems to be increasing. Only time will tell whether it will reach the unquestioned acceptability ofagenda."
^American Heritage: "Like the analogous etymological pluralsagenda anddata,criteria is widely used as a singular form. Unlike them, however, it is not yet acceptable in that use."