Aw, rats! I wrote: "... all SSRs (note proper lack of apostrophe) ..."
Now I'm not even sure about that. SSR's? All models of the SSR? All SSR
roadsters? All Toon Town trucks like mine?
Ain't English fun?
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: keith_w <keith_w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Moose wrote:
> > Walt Wayman wrote:
> >> Would you prefer OM-4Tis or OM-4Ti's?
>
> > I avoid the problem by writing "OM-4Ti bodies".
> >
> > Moose
>
> Hi Moose, and all...
>
> From a textbook on "Writing Rules":
>
> "An apostrophe and s are used to form the plural of a letter, a number, a
> sign, or _a word discussed as a word_."
>
> [underlining is mine...]
>
> "e.g. "You use too many and's in your writing.""
>
> In the case of making "OM-4Ti" plural, OM-4Ti is technically considered a
> word, so the plural form OM4Ti's is perfectly acceptable.
>
> So is Moose's way! ;-)
>
> keith whaley
>
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