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How many uk.d-i-y members does it take to change a lightbulb?
Dec 19, 2016
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Absolute ballock's. ;-)
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This bloke is a larf! Clueless, rude and pompous. TW
Totally wisdom from this Tim+. A nugget of truth in the dirty dull swamp of ukdiy. Tim W
I'd love either of you to explain this. How does adding an apostrophe where not appropriate help clarity? And example would suffice.
How many i's are there in "initial"?
How many is are there in "initial"?
Both wrong.
How many 'i's are there in 'initial'.
People often refer to css (as well as CSS) re html You can have a css file or a css, or several css's where it would be confusing to have several csss, although not much of a problem with CSSs. The apostrophe I think would clarify the pronunciation, although I wouldn't use it myself
- it just seems wrong.
Tim w
Precisely.
Also "www" as "dub-dub-dub".
dub-dub-dub tends to be said by the same crowd as earl, IME
Indeed.
That is an appropriate use.
Without the apostrophe that sentence makes no sense. There is no such noun as 'is'.
You'll have to try harder. ;-)
Don't they say "dib-dib-dib" too?
Isn't that Boy Scouts?
Is an abbreviation clearly. Your point being?
Tim
No idea who put that picture of a lightbulb on our bus!
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Excellent! You too.
I would have said tht the post saying it was total rubbish was total rubbish, but it seems that both forms are correct. However, saying that it differs depending on pronunciation is total rubbish.
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My own view is that I wouldn't use an apostrophe and it looks wrong when someone does.
Some years ago someone in alt.usage.english said that the use of an apostrophe to form the plural of a set of initials was mandatory in the "house style" of IBM, the computer company.
The purpose was apparently to make absolutely clear that the "s" was not part of the string of letters.
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