[Icom] Apostrophe abuse...

Sun, 25 May 2003 10:08:13 -0400

73 or 73's
While it does not require a apostrohe it is used both ways by hams in qso's.
It means best wishes not best wishes's
tim
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From: "Mel" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 7:28 AM
Subject: [Icom] Apostrophe abuse...


> Only if a non-ham said something like... "He always follows his
> correspondence with 73's"... A CB'er would have to write "He always
> follows his correspondence with 73s". A Ham would know better and use it
> properly... "He always follows his correspondence with 73"...
>
> The difference is in the first case, the non-ham has no idea of the
> significance of the 73, therefore it's just a number, which requires an
> apostrophe... In the second case, it is not merely a number, so it
> doesn't require an apostrophe, in the third case, the Ham knows that you
> never pluralize 73...
>
> Back to Icom?
>
> >73's???
> >Jack, K6IFF
>
> Mel...
> VE2DC
>
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