[Icom] MFJ "ICOM'S" is the possessive singular...not the plural

Thu, 15 May 2003 17:35:03 -0600

Hi,
Ah, so, I thought it is same every where.
Formalty bound, tradition bound, social class bound culture of JA land. 
It's good and bad.
There is something to learn , something to reject.
ICOM is I thought Inoue Communication. There is only one ICOM. ICOM 
radios maybe.
ICOMs or ICOMS? IBMs, IBMS? Knit picking. What do I know any way? 
English(American)
is not even my native language.
73,
Tony, VE6CGX

wjdiamond wrote:

>Ah so,
>
>However, in Japan, it is a personal insult to mispronounce or misspell
>one's name or title....
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
>Behalf Of Mike Clarson
>Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 12:37 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: RE: [Icom] MFJ "ICOM'S" is the possessive singular...not the
>plural
>
>
>The confusion here is that the plural of letters of the alphabet have an
>apostrophe-- "His report card had four A's." is correct. It does not apply
>to multiple letter abbreviations, with or without periods, such as ICOM.
>The
>"s" should be lower case, however. ICOMS is incorrect, ICOMs is OK. The
>radios work just as well even if we address them incorrectly.--Mike, WV2ZOW
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Behalf Of [email protected]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 11:23 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Icom] MFJ "ICOM'S" is the possessive singular...not the
>plural
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