Google| Subject | Re: Apple Ad debate |
| From | Snit |
| Date | 2006-07-03 06:59 (2006-07-02 21:59) |
| Message-ID | <C0CDF247.53BB2%SNIT@CABLE0NE.NET.INVALID> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Follows | NRen2k5 |
"NRen2k5" <nomore@email.com>stated in post ik1qg.42622$x.289821@weber.videotron.net on 7/2/06 9:48 PM:
NRen2k5Yeah, people need to up their standards. :)
Snit wrote:SnitNRen2k5
"NRen2k5" <nomore@email.com>stated in post %80qg.40046$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.
-- ??Some people do use the term "screen name" in relation to IRC ? Teaching is a "real job" ? The tilde in an OS X path does *not* mean "the hard drive only"
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