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- From: dmccart@gomez.intel.com (D. J. McCarthy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: Plural of Pentium (was Re: Why not INTEL586?)
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- Date: 9 Nov 92 17:36:38 GMT
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- Rod Skinner (rskinner@mipos2.intel.com) wrote:
- > dmccart@gomez.intel.com (D. J. McCarthy) writes:
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- \> One Pentium. Two Pentiums.
- \
- \ There is only one way to describe the Pentium (tm) processor. If you
- \ want the plural form...it is Pentium processors. ALL trademarks are
- \ adjectives and therefore only have ONE form.
- >
- / Pentium (tm) CPUs
- / Pentium (tm) microprocessors
- /
- / Rod Skinner I speak for myself only.
- / Intel Corp
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- Rod is right; I was wrong. Pentium is indeed an adjective.
- I stand corrected.
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