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    Your apostrophosiserness

    Do you still maintain that the use of an apostrophe to signify the plural of an acronym is incorrect.

    I wish to convey that there is more than one light emitting diode on the dashboard and

    LED's for low fuel and....

    looks right to me.

    However if you tell me that
    LEDs
    is correckt so it be.

    ?

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    I'm sure you know this BD but I am aware that a lot of the txting generation also read this forum so I shall attempt to impose my interpretation of the usage of apostrophes as gleaned from a Scottish education.

    LEDs = Plural (3 LEDs)
    LED's = belonging to the LED (the LED's colour is red)
    LED's = missing letter (LED is - the LED's on)
    LEDs' = belonging to plural (the 3 LEDs' colour is red)

    gijoe1313 will be able to help.
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    Correct McJim. Pity both of you have spelling issues
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    Correct McJim. Pity both of you have spelling issues
    S'not my spelling per se - I just keep missing the keys coz I got muckle hands..I always go back and correct it later...look.
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    S'not my spelling per se - I just keep missing the keys coz I got muckle hands..I always go back and correct it later...look.
    Pity you got the apostrophe wrong
    It is not - 's not (or 'snot if you must).There's no missing letter betwixt the s and the n .
    Rah. Pedant war. Roll it on.

    BOTTYNZ is rallying its troops. We give green stamps.
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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    Quote Originally Posted by McJim View Post
    ... go back and correct it later...look.
    Damn. I knew I should have quoted the original post
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?

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    The BDOTGNZA have arrived late for this exchange...
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    Correct, McJim. Pity both of you have spelling issues
    None of us are perfect ALL the time. Y'all missed this
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    BOTTYNZ is rallying its troops. We give green stamps.
    What or who, pray tell, is the BOTTYNZ? And, about these stamps - do they contain a glue that when licked induces a heady rush?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WRT View Post
    What or who, pray tell, is the BOTTYNZ? And, about these stamps - do they contain a glue that when licked induces a heady rush?
    Nope but when the BOTTYNZ opens their gobs you'll gead a ready hush!

    Ixion, my apostrophe represented "orry it is". Therefore: S'not = "Sorry it is not" and therefore could be perceived to be correct : but I wouldn't want to be that pedantic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    Correct McJim. Pity both of you have spelling issues
    better than nit picky personality traits

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    Oi Vey, leaf me outta dis wun! Da prob wiv dis generakshun iz dat p's and qs' ain't nuffink wrong wiv dem. Apokostrhes never dun' me no wrong! Ta 'eck wiv it all I sez! W00t, life betta l33t wiv'out it all. Y'all knews what I sezzing?
    Dat phat mad trooth. Peace out y'all'.

    PS - McJim 'sez roight, alroight?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    BOTTYNZ is rallying its troops. We give green stamps.
    What does 'BOTTYNZ' stand for?

    What picture styles do the green stamps come in?
    Are these washable off with water, turpentine or require laser treatment (aka tattoos)?
    Or as your referring to Passport stamps (aka deportation)?
    90% of the time spent writing this post was spent thinking of something witty to say. It may have been wasted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    The BDOTGNZA have arrived late for this exchange...
    And still don't give green stamps !
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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    Quote Originally Posted by WRT View Post
    What or who, pray tell, is the BOTTYNZ? And, about these stamps - do they contain a glue that when licked induces a heady rush?

    Tha does'en knaw boot t' green starmps, thin. Clearly, thou doos not shop oop t'coop thin.
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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