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Deparatment of Redundancy Department
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Biddco
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Re: Deparatment of Redundancy Department
Not a redundancy, but incorrect usage: “No trespassing permitted after sunset” on a beach or playground etc.
Probably not what the person intends it to mean, because it implies that trespassing is permitted prior to sunset. What they probably intend it to mean is that trespassing is never permitted and that any presence on the playground after sunset is trespassing.
I don’t think that one’s so clear. “RBI” is used so pervasively that a lot of people think of it as the term itself and not as an abbreviation. If that’s the case, then RBIs is proper as the plural. It’s kind of awkward because unlike many compound nouns if you pluralize “run batted in” you don't pluralize the last term.
If the federal government started a second Federal Bureau of Investigation, would there then be two FBI or two FBIs?
Not a redundancy, but incorrect usage: “No trespassing permitted after sunset” on a beach or playground etc.
Probably not what the person intends it to mean, because it implies that trespassing is permitted prior to sunset. What they probably intend it to mean is that trespassing is never permitted and that any presence on the playground after sunset is trespassing.
Remember the “World League of American Football”?UncleRay” said:
duper said:
I don’t think that one’s so clear. “RBI” is used so pervasively that a lot of people think of it as the term itself and not as an abbreviation. If that’s the case, then RBIs is proper as the plural. It’s kind of awkward because unlike many compound nouns if you pluralize “run batted in” you don't pluralize the last term.
If the federal government started a second Federal Bureau of Investigation, would there then be two FBI or two FBIs?
Re: Deparatment of Redundancy Department
No, it definitely would not. Why would you include the last letter of a word in an acronym? It makes no sense. Attorneys General is the correct pluralization, but you still have a group of AGs.
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Re: Deparatment of Redundancy Department
People are posting oxymorons or grammatical logistics. These are not redundancies.
People are posting oxymorons or grammatical logistics. These are not redundancies.
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Re: Deparatment of Redundancy Department
There are some cases where it could or could not be a redundancy, such as if I were to place a SSD drive into my computer. SSD could stand for Solid State Drive or Solid State Disk, depending on who you ask.
There are some cases where it could or could not be a redundancy, such as if I were to place a SSD drive into my computer. SSD could stand for Solid State Drive or Solid State Disk, depending on who you ask.
Re: Deparatment of Redundancy Department
We're going through enrollment for benefits for the upcoming (July-June) year right now at work. One of the new things being offered is a "Health Investment Plan" to allow us to participate in a Health Savings Account (which would help us for taxes). 9 out of 10 times that the Health Investment Plan is referenced, it's called a HIP Plan.
Super, super frustrating.
We're going through enrollment for benefits for the upcoming (July-June) year right now at work. One of the new things being offered is a "Health Investment Plan" to allow us to participate in a Health Savings Account (which would help us for taxes). 9 out of 10 times that the Health Investment Plan is referenced, it's called a HIP Plan.
Super, super frustrating.
UncleRay
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Re: Deparatment of Redundancy Department
Except that you're not supposed to use the apostrophe for acronyms (link).
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Or ANY time for the plural form. It is for possessive and contractions.
Or ANY time for the plural form. It is for possessive and contractions.
Re: Deparatment of Redundancy Department
Actually, there are two exceptions which are covered at the link I posted. You do use the apostrophe for pluralizing letters (mind your p's and q's) and to pluralize a word that is self-referential (their example is, "There are 15 and's in that paragraph.")
