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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009"3 UPS" or "3 UPSs" or "3 UPS's"?
I posted a new blog post and started wondering is "3 UPS" correct or should I say "3 UPSs" or "3 UPS's"? Max Limitz http://maxlimitz.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-three-ups-enough.html >I posted a new blog post and started wondering is "3 UPS" correct or >should I say "3 UPSs" or "3 UPS's"? > >Max Limitz >http://maxlimitz.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-three-ups-enough.html The conventional plural form would be UPSs or UPSes. UPS's is not considered good.  SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) BrE filted: >>I posted a new blog post and started wondering is "3 UPS" correct or >>should I say "3 UPSs" or "3 UPS's"? > >The conventional plural form would be UPSs or UPSes. UPS's is not >considered good. ...where you live. ....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? >BrE filted: >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >...where you live. Yes. I very nearly didn't make any comment on "UPS's". I quite like the idea of the possessive plural UPS's's. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >I posted a new blog post and started wondering is "3 UPS" correct or >should I say "3 UPSs" or "3 UPS's"? Dunno whether it's correct or not, but my habit is to write 'UPSs' and pronounce it 'upsez'. The version with the apostrophe is intelligible but glaring (and yah, my eyes would flit too and fro for an instant in an attempt to find justification for its actually being a possessive, just in case you had intended "[the] 3 UPSs' [batteries were all dead]", for example, and had merely misplaced the apostrophe by one position). "3 UPS" makes logical sense but would also be the form most likely to lead to confusion, depending on the context. SignatureD. Glenn Arthur Jr./The Human Vibrator, dglenn@panix.com Due to hand/wrist problems my newsreading time varies so I may miss followups. "Being a _man_ means knowing that one has a choice not to act like a 'man'." http://www.panix.com/~dglenn/ http://dglenn.livejournal.com |
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