On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2013 22:05:08 +0000 > Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 4 Dec 2013 15:49:43 -0500 > > Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Donald Whytock <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Keith N. McKenna > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > >> Change CDs to CD's. > > > >> > > > > > > > > Why? > > > > > > OK. I've always wondered about this myself, so I looked it up. It > > > looks like there are various guidelines, but generally the aim is to > > > avoid confusing the user. One style guideline (New York Times) says > > > to use the apostrophe in cases where an acronym uses periods, but not > > > otherwise. So M.D.'s, but CDs. > > > > > > http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/faqs-on-style/?_r=0 > > > > > > -Rob > It looks fine and I think some of users would appreciate such a listing with the assumption that "we" would at least do some sort of vetting of the CD vendor/contents. > > > > > > Look up Greengrocer's apostrope. The ' indicates possive case, or > abbreviation of is or has (but not in this case) > Should read 'possessive' > > I was being heckled by Real Life in the middle of correcting a sticky 's' > key and hit Send too soon. > > > > John's trousers (= the trousers of John) > > > > John's gone home (= John has gone home) > -- > Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Cats do not have to be shown how to have a good time, for they are unfailing ingenious in that respect." -- James Mason
