Timeline for What is the plural form of "SMS"?
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| Dec 12, 2011 at 23:40 | vote | accept | Gigili | ||
| Dec 12, 2011 at 17:36 | comment | added | ThinkingStiff | @Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Yeah I caught that, but couldn't think of a way to solve it using ngrams' limited search tool. It still demonstrates that "sent an SMS" is hardly used, which was the point. | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 13:52 | comment | added | Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 | careful: that ngram for "sent a text" vs "sent a text message" includes all of the results of the latter in the former. | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 10:56 | comment | added | DisgruntledGoat | Although you're correct that SMS refers to the service, not the message, its usage stems from shorthand for "SMS message", in the same way "text message" is shortened to "text" | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 8:14 | comment | added | ThinkingStiff | That's just proper English since SMS is pronounced ess em ess. "Sent a SMS", aside from sounding horrible, returns no results. This is searching published books, not the web, so proper English is required. | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 4:13 | history | edited | ThinkingStiff | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 12, 2011 at 3:48 | history | edited | ThinkingStiff | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 12, 2011 at 3:40 | comment | added | alcas | Yeah, I think at least in writing, you just have to say "text messages" or "texts". | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 3:36 | history | answered | ThinkingStiff | CC BY-SA 3.0 |