From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: Peter Frings <peter.frings@agfa.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode Org-Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Language question
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:25:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <A6E5DFED-37D0-4A99-BFA0-FB4094D102DF@uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ECC9F25F-2DB6-450E-862E-96AD04D84CDB@agfa.com>
Wow,
I am blown away by the flood of answers with various degrees of
explanations.
Thank you all very much.
- Carsten
On Dec 10, 2008, at 6:05 PM, Peter Frings wrote:
>
> On 10 Dec 2008, at 17:13, Womick, Don wrote:
>
>> 's always indicates possession, never plurality.
>>
>> I don't think there's a hard-and-fast choice between "IDs" and "ids",
>> but "IDs" looks better to me, since it's clear that you're using an
>> abbreviation. But if you write "id" (singular), be consistent and
>> write
>> "ids" (plural).
>
> I'm not a native English speaker, but since the Chicago Manual of
> Style is within reach...
>
> About the plural:
> <quote>
> * Letters, nouns coinages, numbers: So far as it can be done without
> confusion, single or multiple letters used as words, hyphenated
> coinages used as nouns, and numbers (wether spelled out or in
> figures) firm the plural by adding s alone:
>
> the three Rs
> YMCAs
> ...
>
> * Abbreviations with periods, lowercase letters used as nouns, and
> capital letters that would be confusing if /s/ alone were added form
> the plural with an apostrohpe and an s:
>
> Ph.D's
> x's and y's
> SOS's
> ...
> </quote>
>
> About the capitalization:
> I can't find it right now (might have read it somewhere else), but I
> think the rule is rather simple:
>
> Acronyms should be written in uppercase when they are spelled out in
> speech, e.g. ID (Ey-Dee). When they're being used as words, they're
> written in lowercase, e.g., 'radar'.
>
>
> Combining the two, I think it's "IDs".
>
> Cheers,
> Peter.
>
>
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-10 15:18 Language question Carsten Dominik
2008-12-10 15:36 ` Bernt Hansen
2008-12-10 16:14 ` Ian Barton
2008-12-10 16:18 ` OT: " Carsten Dominik
2008-12-10 15:42 ` Matthew Lundin
2008-12-10 16:13 ` Womick, Don
2008-12-10 17:05 ` Peter Frings
2008-12-10 17:25 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2008-12-10 17:03 ` Samuel Wales
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