Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!amd!dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!jpm From: jpm@ptsfc.UUCP (Jim Moore) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Chris's Major Conniption Message-ID: <180@ptsfc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 18:28:37 EDT Article-I.D.: ptsfc.180 Posted: Tue Oct 16 18:28:37 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Oct-84 08:17:23 EDT References: ihuxq.1271 <349@wxlvax.UUCP> Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 39 > Ken Purlow says: > And "IC's" is OK, too. > > Won't someone do something about such terrible grammatical lapses? > It obviously should be: > And "IC's" are OK, too. > --Dick Wexelblat I didn't see or infer a smile here so I take it that Mr. Wexelblat is serious. First, I am new to the net. I have seen countless grammatical errors...and probably have seen countless more and not realized it... in the course of reading these wonderful [:-) ? ] articles that have been made available to me. I have been able to "read" all of them, although understanding them is is another matter. Second, I believe that any of the "netters" that are authorities on the use of grammar should make themselves known. At least we would have less difficulty choosing which answer to believe (or would we?). Third, and *lastly*, why don't people look things up before they *flame on* ? Lastly is in my Webster's Ninth (they claim to be an "authoritative guide to good usage") and they even mention the uses for an apostrophe, one of which is "to indicate....the plural of letters or figures"...So IC's are plural but "IC's" (*read* I C apostrophe s) is singular. Albert Einstein said that he never committed anything to memory that could be looked up somewhere. Had something to do with leaving room in there for the contemplation of important matters, like relativity and curved space and... "I'm not an Authority and therefore not afraid to make use of one. I don't need to know it all." Jim Moore ptsfa!ptsfc!jpm Pacific Bell REMEMBER - "Things are only as bad as they are and can only get worse if they do!"