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- From: schuyler@acf9.nyu.edu (Gabriel M. Schuyler)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Apostrophes in Plural forms?
- Message-ID: <schuyler.722484591@acf9>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 02:09:51 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.000146.6117@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1992Nov19.035118.1018@Princeton.EDU> <1992Nov20.230208.5596@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1992Nov21.044912.8966@Princeton.EDU>
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- I personally think that acronyms are a matter of personal style. If we all
- stuck to a certain set of rules . . . would we have Joyce? Nope, he would've
- been thrown out because he used words that were supposed to be two words.
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- My personal problem with acronyms is when they get misused from a misunder-
- standing of what the original words were. How many times have you heard
- someone (news anchors especially) say
-
- "HIV virus"
-
- ?
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