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Law Bringer
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written Monday, April 19 2004 11:17
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Actually, quotation marks around letters for pluralization are incorrect. You can have a's and u's and other lower case letters like that. Capital letters can be B's and P's or Ms and Rs, depending on which you prefer. It seems that originally RPG's would have been the proper plural just as last decade would have been the 1990's. Now the preferred usage omits those apostrophes. In the 2000s, we can just play RPGs! —Alorael, who suspects that anyone who uses the plural possessive of letters is grabbed by men in dark glasses and hauled off to the International Tribunal of Linguistic Crimes for rapid sentencing and execution. Some things should never be done. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Monday, April 19 2004 11:43
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From a grammar book that I read, the plural for acronyms depends on whether the acronym is usually written with or without periods. That is: one RPG, two RPGs, but one E.U., two E.U.'s. (Sorry, couldn't think of an acronym that contains dots that really would be used in the plural.) EDIT: By the way, Alorael, Your Postliness is coming up rather shortly. Should we start buying the champagne? And does this mean that we may speak of the roundness of many O's, but not many Os'/O's/O's' roundness? [ Monday, April 19, 2004 11:46: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, April 19 2004 16:17
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Yes. O's are okay. The rest are abominations in the eyes of the Illuminati. —Alorael, who is well aware of his rising post count. His demands will be met or there will be consequences. And by conseqences, he means sulking. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Tuesday, April 20 2004 21:49
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[edited due to inappropriate content] [ Wednesday, April 21, 2004 04:45: Message edited by: *i ] -------------------- who farted? Posts: 20 | Registered: Friday, April 9 2004 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, April 20 2004 22:42
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Perhaps Russel Crowe? Interestingly you have misspelled the word retarded, although I am not aware of the current usage in Australia :rolleyes: -------------------- culpam poena premit comes Posts: 8 | Registered: Wednesday, April 21 2004 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, April 20 2004 23:47
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As far as I know, that message is correct, and no Australians say Australian slang in Australia, but Australians suddenly become far more Australian outside Australia and so use Australian slang. Imagine that all the uses of the words "Australia", "Australian" and "Australians" were abbreviated to "A" and work out the grammar. And the title of your post, lemmy, becomes more and more applicable further and further into this thread. Where are the moderators when you need them? -------------------- ~Note : The professional newbie's advice should not be taken seriously, or at all.~ LINKAGE Posts: 364 | Registered: Saturday, January 17 2004 08:00 |
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BoE Posse
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written Wednesday, April 21 2004 00:36
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Unfortunately, I only moderate the Editor forum, so I can't do anything about it. lemmy - Statements like that aren't acceptable here, so you can expect to be banned in the near future. You could always try desperance, though. -------------------- Rate my scenarios! Areni Revenge To Live in Fear Deadly Goblins Ugantan Nightmare Isle of Boredom Posts: 1423 | Registered: Sunday, October 7 2001 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Wednesday, April 21 2004 00:52
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Creator, you are a horrible person. That is all. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |