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--J
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:26 AM, tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
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> You cannot say "DVD disks": the final "D" of DVD stands for "disk".
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> It's like saying "ATM Machine".
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> Grrr.
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> John
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> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com<OliveStarlightOrchestra%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Bark Of Delight <barkofdelight_at_...> wrote:
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> > The simple way to solve the "DVDs" dilemma is to avoid it.
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> > Use the phrase "DVD disks" for the plural.
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> > Bark!
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> > On Jun 30, 2009, at 11:35 PM, "tschibasch" <tschibasch_at_...> wrote:
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> > Speaking of pluralities...
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> > I often see apostrophes when pluralizing acronyms. Has this possibly
> become the accepted way of doing it?
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> > Take the case of DVD. How do we make this plural?
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> > We might first make it like this: DVDs
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> > But it looks odd with a lowercase letter at the end. So, we fix this and
> render it as: DVDS
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> > But now it looks like it might be a different acronym. Maybe some new
> special digital format exists? We do have DVD, DVDR, DVDRW; why not DVDS?
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> > So, instead, we insert a small apostrophe separation: DVD's
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