RE: Grammar: PCs' critical data

Subject: RE: Grammar: PCs' critical data
From: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
To: "Robert Hodgins" <ehodgins -at- telusplanet -dot- net>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 16:02:35 -0500

Robert Hodgins blurted:


> On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 10:06 -0800, Chris Vickery wrote:
> > I would rewrite to avoid: All of the critical data on your PCs/The
> critical data on all of your PCs.
> >
> > Pluralizing an initialism always looks odd, but meh. If you can use
> computers instead, so much the better, but I am familiar with space
> considerations :)
> >
> > Chris
>
> You could use boxes instead of PCs...just don't tell Dori!
> (Sorry, it is Friday.)


In the context of anything computer-ish, that'd be "boxen", wouldn't it?


- Kevin










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