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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: acronymic plurals #140117 02/23/2005 7:07 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Hey, an unpicked nit! One cm, two cms is a common pattern of pluralisation here - In case this cm stands for centimetre, then the pluralization might be common, at least in areas recently converted to the metric system. It is nevertheless wrong: According to the SI norms, abbreviated units of measure are never pluralized. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted acronymic plurals Buffalo Shrdlu 02/22/2005 1:45 PM Re: acronymic plurals maverick 02/22/2005 2:21 PM Re: acronymic plurals Buffalo Shrdlu 02/22/2005 2:30 PM Re: acronymic plurals tsuwm 02/22/2005 2:34 PM Re: acronymic plurals Sparteye 02/22/2005 2:44 PM Re: acronymic plurals Capfka 02/22/2005 4:53 PM Re: acronymic plurals dxb 02/22/2005 5:01 PM That's a capital idea! TEd Remington 02/22/2005 6:31 PM Re: That's a capital idea! tsuwm 02/22/2005 6:40 PM Re: That's a capital idea! Capfka 02/22/2005 6:52 PM sum it up TEd Remington 02/22/2005 7:59 PM Re: acronymic plurals wsieber 02/23/2005 7:07 AM Re: acronymic plurals Jackie 02/23/2005 12:43 AM Re: acronymic plurals Father Steve 02/23/2005 1:24 AM Re: acronymic plurals Jackie 02/23/2005 1:53 AM Re: acronymic plurals tsuwm 02/23/2005 2:28 AM Re: acronymic plurals Dgeigh 02/23/2005 2:57 AM Re: acronymic plurals Wordwind 02/23/2005 7:11 AM Re: acronymic plurals Capfka 02/23/2005 10:14 AM Re: acronymic plurals Capfka 02/23/2005 11:11 AM funni-es TEd Remington 02/23/2005 11:52 AM Re: funni-es Jackie 02/24/2005 5:41 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,412 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 19 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,231 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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