Google| Subject | Re: Apple Ad debate |
| From | NRen2k5 |
| Date | 07/03/2006 06:48 (07/03/2006 00:48) |
| Message-ID | <ik1qg.42622$x.289821@weber.videotron.net> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Follows | Snit |
| Followups | Snit (11m) ZnU (2h & 22m) |
Snit wrote:
SnitI prefer to take the linguists' side whenever possible, since taking the people's side means accepting nonsensical words like "irregardless". I cringe whenever I hear that.
"NRen2k5" <nomore@email.com>stated in post %80qg.40046$x.269667@weber.videotron.net on 7/2/06 8:28 PM:NRen2k5Snit
Buuut, in modern times, it's *acceptable* to use an apostrophe when pluralizing any initialism.
Common, yes. Acceptable... well, but many people, but it is not accepted as being grammatically correct by linguists. None that I have read, anyway.
-- http://pcguyelevated.ytmnd.com/
07/02/2006-
