Google| Subject | Re: Apple Ad debate |
| From | Snit |
| Date | 2006-07-02 22:30 (2006-07-02 13:30) |
| Message-ID | <C0CD7B0E.53A96%SNIT@CABLE0NE.NET.INVALID> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Follows | NRen2k5 |
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"NRen2k5" <nomore@email.com>stated in post OdVpg.25346$x.128368@weber.videotron.net on 7/2/06 12:35 PM:
NRen2k5Did you see my reply elsewhere? From it:
Snit wrote:SnitNRen2k5
The ad in question: <http://snipurl.com/viruswhatvirus>Quote in question (slowed down): <http://snipurl.com/Slow_Quote>"no no do not be a hero, ***LAST YEAR*** there are 114,000 known viruses for PCs." [emphasis mine, poor grammar Apple's]
1) Wally dishonestly "quoted" the Apple commercial (while blaming others for doing so). He dishonestly denied it state "last year" and "quoted" it as: "no no do not be a hero, actually there are 114,000 known viruses for PC's.........". In his doing so, he used poor grammar (note the "PC's"). This is relevant based on #2:
"PC's" (as opposed to "PCs") *is* the proper way to write it, actually.
Do you have any support for your view? Here is support for mine:
<http://tranchant.plus.com/notes/apostrophe> ----- Never use an apostrophe to form a plural. As the Quick Guide suggests, it is common opinion that words ending in vowels take an apostrophe when plural. This is wrong. ... Neither is it correct to use an apostrophe with plural abbreviations, which do not even use full-stops (periods) between letters these days. CDs, ICBMs, PCs, VCRs etc. -----
http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/ ----- Apostrophes are NEVER ever used to denote plurals! Common examples of such abuse (all seen in real life!) are: Banana's for sale which of course should read Bananas for sale Menu's printed to order which should read Menus printed to order etc. -----
http://www.articlealley.com/article_7703_50.html ----- That's the rule. If it's a noun, s makes it plural and apostrophe-s makes it possessive. It's just that simple. -----
Either way, though, the whole grammar issue is a side issue Wally spewed in an effort to obfuscate the fact he dishonestly claimed the Apple ad did *not* use the phrase "last year". Even after I provided the slowed down version Wally still sticks to his lie.
-- ? As of Feb 2006 Apple had no wireless Mighty Mouse ? If A = B then B = A (known as the "symmetric property of equality") ? One can be guilty of a crime but neither tried nor convicted
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