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Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search)

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From Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
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Subject Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search)
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Leif Roar Moldskred wrote:
> Lew wrote:
>> But not "K" or "T".

> That's a matter of style: some style guides recommend the use of an
> apostrophe to mark plurals of individual letters, some do not.
> See "Eat, Shoots & Leaves -- The zero tolerance approach to
> punctuation" by Lynne Truss for a funny but in-depth discussion of
> the uses of apostrophes.
>

Yes, it is a matter of style.  Duh.  That's why I cited a *style*
guide.  There's a direct correlation there.

Yes, styles vary.  The question was for *an* authority to support the
style I follow.  As you say, some support what I suggest and some do
not.  I follow the ones that do.

I don't follow every style, nor can one, given that they don't always
agree.

Personally I find the "greengrocer's comma" to distract and diminish
from the communication, so the style guide I follow concords with that
assessment.

YMMV.

--
Lew

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                Re: OT "sic"? (was Re: Binary Search) Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2011-04-11 14:11 -0500
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