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Why does nearly everyone insist on using attrocious grammar when writing the PDs. I know they are getting smaller but until they go down to one member, there is no apostrophe. Why does everyone find that so hard to grasp?
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As in the PDs' health policy?
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DOD: It's not necessarily wrong to use an apostrophe to indicate plural when dealing with an acronym.Originally Posted by DOD
RIRA not in my name-Traitors to Ireland MMcGuinness; People are entitled to cultural & social equality MLMcDonald; We have a length to go understanding unionism GAdams
It's 2008.
Who are the PDs?
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It should be a capital offence.
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You're right. The PDs can ill afford to drop anything, especially seats.
'It would actually give me the greatest of pleasure watching non-compliant taxpayers going to jail. That's the kind of person I am.' Bertie Ahern, 1993.
I thought this was something to do with an American rapper.
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same time avoid designer synicism Laugh with
rage!
The fact of the matter is that the ' comes after the "s" not before it. The s in the Democrats is not a signifer of a multiple, but a adjective.DOD: It's not necessarily wrong to use an apostrophe to indicate plural when dealing with an acronym.
So, it would be there are a lot of PDs on this forum. The multiple is signified by tone.
The PDs' former member who owns this forum is a tremendous fellow altogether. The apostrophe after the s is possesive.
The apostrophe never violates the title Progressive Democrats or PDs .
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That's not what he means. He means where people write PD's. I agree 100% with DOD. But then given that I have to pass a sign saying Cosgrave car's (sic) every day, I sometimes wonder about how English is taught in schools. Every person here (including myself) makes grammatical errors or spelling errors occasionally. But some posters seem unable to write a single sentence without littering it with spelling errors, grammatical errors and bizarre use of apostrophes. The PD's mistake is just the most obvious example.DOD: It's not necessarily wrong to use an apostrophe to indicate plural when dealing with an acronym.
[color=#FF0000](Guys, when I type in capitals it isn't shouting. I have technical problems which makes using italics difficult. Please don't take offence if you see capitals used!) [/color]
But thats what I mean. The PD's is presumably intended as a plural and its ok among some suthorities to use an apostrophe to indicate a plural when you are dealing with an acronym such as PD. In particular it is standard in the US.That's not what he means. He means where people write PD's.DOD: It's not necessarily wrong to use an apostrophe to indicate plural when dealing with an acronym.
RIRA not in my name-Traitors to Ireland MMcGuinness; People are entitled to cultural & social equality MLMcDonald; We have a length to go understanding unionism GAdams
