Comments on: Captain Kirk announces plan to rape crew

By: junaman

junaman — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:16:12 +0000

junaman – no, it is necessarily wrong.

Well in this case it is wrong, as there are other instances on The Age website where “MPs” is used, so it is inconsistent. That doesn’t make it necessarily wrong, though. Simply contingent, depending on context.

By: Broken left leg

Broken left leg — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:30:38 +0000

Ant,
Get used two the ages brave knew world.

By: alister

alister — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:22:13 +0000

junaman – no, it is necessarily wrong.

By: Floor effect « Not a Hedgehog

Floor effect « Not a Hedgehog — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:35:14 +0000

[...] More on this at Grodscorp. [...]

By: The Editor

The Editor — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:52:26 +0000

But unlikely to conform with the Fairfax style guide.

By: junaman

junaman — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:51:20 +0000

Not necessarily wrong. From Wikipedia:

The traditional style of pluralizing single letters with the addition of ’s (for example, B’s come after A’s) was extended to some of the earliest initialisms, which tended to be written with periods to indicate the omission of letters; some writers still pluralize initialisms in this way. Some style guides continue to require such apostrophes—perhaps partly to make it clear that the lower case s is only for pluralization and would not appear in the singular form of the word, for some acronyms and abbreviations do include lowercase letters.

By: The Editor

The Editor — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:40:05 +0000

If I hadn’t cancelled my Age subscription six months ago due to the increasingly dumbed-down content these new job cuts would’ve made me cancel it now.

By: Bron

Bron — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:48:40 +0000

Saw on the train the other day some graffiti that said:

Nadia love’s Ben. W

I have photos to prove it.