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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
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  3. From: phd1667@ultb.isc.rit.edu (P.H. Dixon)
  4. Subject: Re: a/an exceptions
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan26.154348.12347@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
  6. Sender: news@ultb.isc.rit.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: ultb-gw.isc.rit.edu
  8. Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
  9. References: <1993Jan25.170300.3332@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <C1FD2v.35x@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1993Jan26.102653.13166@netcom.com>
  10. Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:43:48 GMT
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  13. Hello,
  14.  
  15. I apologize if this is obvious, but I just had to mention that MIPS is
  16. not really plural, as it stands for:
  17. Million Instructions per Second.....
  18.  
  19. Thus, asking how many MIPS a device has.. is correct--and not plural...
  20.  
  21. Cheers,
  22.  
  23. Philip
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