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#32132
06/20/2001 1:46 AM
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Plural of CD should be CDs. We don't put apostrophes on the plural for cat or dog. Why should CD get the hallowed risen comma?
Okay, I can agree with that. But, what about r's and a's and other lonely letters? Seems to me that just for clarity's sake the apostrophe is needed in the plural in such a case.
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#32133
06/20/2001 1:11 PM
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enthusiast
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what about r's and a's and other lonely letters?
Ahh, nikeblack, you've got me there. I'm usualy a stickler, but luckily we have a flexible language that lets you break the rules to meet your needs. Let's give those lonely letters some company.
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#32134
07/18/2001 1:59 PM
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Absolutely nothing to do with the general discussion of this thread but it all reminde me of an article in one of last year's Irish Times opinions. I've found it in archives and provide the URL to all and sundry to have a good snicker at it.
http://scripts.ireland.com/search/highlight.plx?TextRes=kevin&Path=/newspaper/opinion/2000/1018/opt4.htm
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#32135
07/18/2001 3:16 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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RUBRICK!!!!! OH MY GOD! Oh, WELCOME BACK, Honey,
welcome back!!! [transports of sheer joy and delight emoticon]
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#32136
08/24/2001 2:46 AM
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I knew I'd find this thread eventually. A sign in our hospital cafeteria (or is that cafeterium) reads:
Please "do not" remove crockery and cutlery from the cafeteria.
Is that a subtle suggestion that we should remove said items?
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#32137
08/24/2001 10:53 AM
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enthusiast
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Assume that it means that. If they tell you to stop, then you know what it means.
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#32138
08/24/2001 4:42 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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wow notes how greatly punctuation can change meaning:
Bishop and wife stayed overnight.
Bishop and "wife" stayed overnight.
Getting somewhat off the subject, another example:
Woman, without her man, is a savage.
Woman! ... without her, man is a savage."
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#32139
08/24/2001 4:46 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Woman, without her man, is a savage.
Woman! ... without her, man is a savage.
I'll vote for #2 Hi E
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#32140
08/24/2001 4:54 PM
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I'll vote for #2 Hi E
No married man would be foolish enough to vote otherwise. Whose's E? Hi N
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#32141
08/24/2001 4:56 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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No married man would be foolish...
A) I'm not married
2) I'm a Fool
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#32142
08/24/2001 8:55 PM
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A) I'm not married
2) I'm a FoolRelationship between those two statements? Are you a fool because you're not married or not married because... 
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