RE: clarification needed

Subject: RE: clarification needed
From: Lisa Matheson <lisamath -at- microsoft -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:15:00 -0800

For argument's sake, the reason is because it's a plural construction, not
possessive or contraction.

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Guttman [mailto:sguttman -at- semantix -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:51 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: clarification needed



According to the Microsoft Manual of Style:
"To form the plural of an acronym, use a lowercase "s" without an
apostrophe."

In other words, you win. :D

on 12/4/00 7:28 PM, Mike at techmail_mike -at- yahoo -dot- com wrote:

> I say the sentence should be like this: The PCs will
> be built or reconfigured.
>
> Engineering says: The PC's will be built or
> reconfigured.
>
> What is your opinion? I'm being shouted down, but I
> think I'm right.



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