Timeline for Plural of an initialism that ends with the letter S [duplicate]
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| Feb 24, 2012 at 0:46 | answer | added | FumbleFingers | timeline score: 12 | |
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| Sep 23, 2010 at 22:20 | answer | added | birdus | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 23, 2010 at 20:27 | vote | accept | DMA57361 | ||
| Sep 22, 2010 at 18:58 | comment | added | Noldorin | @DMA573561: Wikipedia says there is no precise definition of either term (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initialism), but I consider initialisms to be a subset of acronyms where the letters are the first letters of each word. Acronyms and initialisms can both be spoken as words or spelled out, case by case - sometimes both are acceptable. Now if you prefer OSes, that's perfectly fine, either OSs or OSes are quite acceptable I believe. | |
| Sep 22, 2010 at 18:02 | comment | added | DMA57361 |
@Noldorin - I thought acronyms were those specifically spoken as a word, for example RAM, and initialisms were not? Doesn't matter really I suppose. Anyway, the linked questions basically indicate not to use an apostrophe unless really needed, which rules out OS's. And I've decided OSs is just hideious, so OSes it is. But what about generally?
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| Sep 22, 2010 at 15:25 | comment | added | Noldorin | Initialisms are a subset of acronyms, thus it fully applies. The answer given in that thread is the correct one in my view... | |
| Sep 22, 2010 at 12:45 | answer | added | Antony Quinn | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 22, 2010 at 12:40 | comment | added | DMA57361 | @Noldorin - I've found this which dicusses the plural usage of acronyms. Does it also apply to initialisms? And it seems to only briefly touch upon those terminating with an S, and with contradicting views. | |
| Sep 22, 2010 at 11:34 | history | asked | DMA57361 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |