Subject | Re: Apple Ad debate |
From | ZnU |
Date | 07/03/2006 09:11 (07/03/2006 03:11) |
Message-ID | <znu-CE86DE.03111603072006@individual.net> |
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Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
Follows | NRen2k5 |
Followups | Snit (8m) |
NRen2k5The problem with paying too much attention to what "experts" say is that they can often be pretty pig-headed. We heard for years that you weren't supposed to split infinitives in English, but this is nonsense. You're not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition, but in some cases avoiding it requires very unnatural word order.
Snit wrote:SnitNRen2k5
"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.
I 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.