Seeking Grammar Police Ruling - Typo's

sistermagpie sistermagpie at earthlink.net
Tue Jun 3 16:59:27 UTC 2008


> bboyminn:
> 
> But that is my very point, I'm not saying that "'s" pluralizes
> anything. I'm saying it /contracts/ a phrase already ending in
> "s"; 'TYPOgraphical errorS'. 

Magpie:
But the phrase doesn't end in an s unless it's plural. Typo is short 
for TYPOgraphical error. So typo is the abbreviation and typos makes 
that short form plural.

-m





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