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I think it's atrocious what the nyt is doing, AND I HATE "APOSTROPHE-S"
FOR "JONES'" -- AS IN, "JONES'S" [SIC, SIC, SIC!]!!! bryanska wrote: "Use of plurals is another area of confusion to authors and editors. As with everything, Chicago/Turabian style takes precedence in this project. One area of specific confusion when it comes to computer terms is with acronyms. Most people mistakenly add an apostrophe and letter 's' to make an acronym plural. The major proponent of this incorrect method is 'The New York Times,' even though all publishing houses and computer magazines agree that it is wrong." Rephrasing this in non-perjorative terms: The New York Times would say NG's. Most people would say NG's Many/Most/All other publishers would say NGs. To me, this says either can be justified. The quote directly says all publishing houses believe the practice to be wrong. And the author admits and believes the practice to be incorrect, too. And "most people" make the mistake. I gotta stand my ground here. Incorrect usage. |
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"NYC XYZ" wrote in message ups.com... I think it's atrocious what the nyt is doing, AND I HATE "APOSTROPHE-S" FOR "JONES'" -- AS IN, "JONES'S" [SIC, SIC, SIC!]!!! What! That's perfectly acceptable: "That's the Jones's house" The exception, I believe, is Jesus', which has some sort of historical root. What drives me nuts is "it's" for "its". -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/ Sponsor me for the Big Climb! See: www.active.com/donate/cpetersky06 See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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Claire Petersky wrote:
What! That's perfectly acceptable: "That's the Jones's house" It's been a while, but if it really sank in I was taught that for a single trailing 's' you'd just leave it as an apostrophe on its own, so while my bike is Pete's bike, my other half's is Roos' bike. The exception, I believe, is Jesus', which has some sort of historical root. No, and Jesus is still quite a common name in many places, he's not a singular figure with a special exception. What drives me nuts is "it's" for "its". It's something annoying, but it's not quite as common, or annoying, as plurals becoming "plural's"... Though of course in some languages that is the /correct/ usage. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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Claire Petersky wrote: What! That's perfectly acceptable: "That's the Jones's house" The exception, I believe, is Jesus', which has some sort of historical root. Now it's acceptable -- even de rigeur -- but it looks redundant, almost. The old way of doing it was simply with the apostrophe. How do you pronounce "s's" anyway? What drives me nuts is "it's" for "its". That, too. RCN is very bad in this regard. Like I said, I'm afraid of subliminally picking up bad habits reading it! But it's annoying to have to be on-guard leisure-reading. -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/ Sponsor me for the Big Climb! See: www.active.com/donate/cpetersky06 See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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A shy person writes:
What! That's perfectly acceptable: "That's the Jones's house" The exception, I believe, is Jesus', which has some sort of historical root. Now it's acceptable -- even de rigeur -- but it looks redundant, almost. The old way of doing it was simply with the apostrophe. How do you pronounce "s's" anyway? You must mean "de rigueur." What drives me nuts is "it's" for "its". That, too. RCN is very bad in this regard. Like I said, I'm afraid of subliminally picking up bad habits reading it! But it's annoying to have to be on-guard leisure-reading. While you're quibbling about grammar, the correct usage is "As I said", and that's valid in all NG's. Jobst Brandt |
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wrote in message ... A shy person writes: [...] That, too. RCN is very bad in this regard. Like I said, I'm afraid of subliminally picking up bad habits reading it! But it's annoying to have to be on-guard leisure-reading. While you're quibbling about grammar, the correct usage is "As I said", and that's valid in all NG's. Jobst Brandt No, it is perfectly acceptable to say "like" instead of "as". It is a colloquial American usage and is done all the time. What is not valid is for you to be substituting "A shy person writes:" for the name of the original poster. Were you born in a barn? Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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NYC XYZ wrote:
Now it's acceptable -- even de rigeur -- but it looks redundant, almost. The old way of doing it was simply with the apostrophe. How do you pronounce "s's" anyway? Like the tuba player in the Canadian Brass going on and on and on about "Bach's..." and by about the second time he says it, the audience joins in. The newsgroup's what? Curmudgeon? Does it also eat, shoot, and leave? HTH --Karen D. who whips out a marker to add an editorial "delete" curlique to any sign that reads APPLE'S |
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anonymous "foreigner" writes:
You must mean "de rigueur." Oui, c'est ça! While you're quibbling about grammar, the correct usage is "As I said", and that's valid in all NG's. Being that this is just usenet and NGs, colloquial speech is not incorrect. That depends on how low you want to go with dumbing down written communication. This is a typical excuse of the illiterate. Jobst Brandt |
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jobst.brandt wrote:
That depends on how low you want to go with dumbing down written communication. This is a typical excuse of the illiterate. Hear, hear! "It's ok to use that spelling/punctuation/bad grammar/improper word use 'cuz I read it on the internet." --Karen D. |
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