[Icom] Apostrophe abuse...

Sun, 25 May 2003 09:00:53 -0700

 7 3... (seven three) not 73 (seventy three).

7 3 de n6eq
On Sun, 25 May 2003 10:08:13 -0400 "radiodaz" <[email protected]>
writes:
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mel" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> 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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