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pros is not an abbreviation - not after decades of use.

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"Colin D" wrote in message
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Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

Colin D.
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"Mark M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:28:57 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
wrote:

This was a valid concern, but as it turns out, many pros defected
to Canon anyway, since they couldn't get the lenses they wanted on
the
Nikon mount.

Pro's don't use 35mm.

Tell that to Sports Illustrated, all newspapers, and National
Geographic...

"Colin D" wrote in message
...
Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

Use of an apostrophe wouldn't apply to an abbreviation anyway unless you're
showing posession...
It ain't not gonna's work's them's way's like's he's done's it.


Colin D.
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"Mark M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:28:57 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
wrote:

This was a valid concern, but as it turns out, many pros defected
to Canon anyway, since they couldn't get the lenses they wanted on
the
Nikon mount.

Pro's don't use 35mm.

Tell that to Sports Illustrated, all newspapers, and National
Geographic...

"Colin D" wrote in message
...
Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

Use of an apostrophe wouldn't apply to an abbreviation anyway unless you're
showing posession...
It ain't not gonna's work's them's way's like's he's done's it.


Colin D.
--
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"Mark M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:28:57 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
wrote:

This was a valid concern, but as it turns out, many pros defected
to Canon anyway, since they couldn't get the lenses they wanted on
the
Nikon mount.

Pro's don't use 35mm.

Tell that to Sports Illustrated, all newspapers, and National
Geographic...

"Alan Browne" wrote in message
.. .
Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."

... and on usenet, obsession with punctuation and grammar is
usually the sign of somebody with little else valuable to say.

Tony was just in a bad mood.

A review of the Oxford, College Webster, WorldWeb, and Encarta dictionaries
does not list the word "Pros." However, the New Unabridged Twentieth Century
Second Edition (a massive tome) lists the word Pros as plural to the noun
Pro and provides the meaning of Pros to be:

1- A person who favors the affirmative side of some debatable question.
2- A argument in favor of something, as in pros and cons of the matter.
3- A vote for the affirmative.

However, as a notation, Pros may be considered Colloquial; belonging to
words, phrases, and idioms characteristic of conversation and informal
writing.


"Colin D" wrote in message
...
Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

Colin D.
--
http://www.chapelhillnoir.com
home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto
The Improved Links Pages are at
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A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at
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"Mark M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:28:57 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
wrote:

This was a valid concern, but as it turns out, many pros defected
to Canon anyway, since they couldn't get the lenses they wanted on
the
Nikon mount.

Pro's don't use 35mm.

Tell that to Sports Illustrated, all newspapers, and National
Geographic...

A review of the Oxford, College Webster, WorldWeb, and Encarta dictionaries
does not list the word "Pros." However, the New Unabridged Twentieth Century
Second Edition (a massive tome) lists the word Pros as plural to the noun
Pro and provides the meaning of Pros to be:

1- A person who favors the affirmative side of some debatable question.
2- A argument in favor of something, as in pros and cons of the matter.
3- A vote for the affirmative.

However, as a notation, Pros may be considered Colloquial; belonging to
words, phrases, and idioms characteristic of conversation and informal
writing.


"Colin D" wrote in message
...
Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

Colin D.
--
http://www.chapelhillnoir.com
home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto
The Improved Links Pages are at
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A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at
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"Mark M" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:28:57 GMT, "Steven M. Scharf"
wrote:

This was a valid concern, but as it turns out, many pros defected
to Canon anyway, since they couldn't get the lenses they wanted on
the
Nikon mount.

Pro's don't use 35mm.

Tell that to Sports Illustrated, all newspapers, and National
Geographic...

"Mark M" wrote in message
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"Alan Browne" wrote in message
.. .
Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."

... and on usenet, obsession with punctuation and grammar is
usually the sign of somebody with little else valuable to say.

Tony was just in a bad mood.




Maybe so, but he didn't consult a dictionary he shot off his mouth.

"Mark M" wrote in message
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"Alan Browne" wrote in message
.. .
Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."

... and on usenet, obsession with punctuation and grammar is
usually the sign of somebody with little else valuable to say.

Tony was just in a bad mood.




Maybe so, but he didn't consult a dictionary he shot off his mouth.

One should point out punctuation to people who think that owning a 4x5
camera makes them a pro (or should that be "makes them prose"?).
I'm never in a bad mood when that moron John Douglas shows up - It's fun
to have an airbag or two to puncture.
Can't say the same about Browne though - some airbags just emanate
noxious gas, and he is one of that group.
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"Mark M" wrote in message
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"Alan Browne" wrote in message
.. .
Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."

... and on usenet, obsession with punctuation and grammar is
usually the sign of somebody with little else valuable to say.

Tony was just in a bad mood.

"Mark M" wrote in message
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"Colin D" wrote in message
...
Tony Spadaro wrote:

Mark, you might want to point out to that nerk John that pros don't
put
an
apostrophy in the word.
"Pro's don't use 35mm."
What a maroon!

Err, they should, though, it's an abbreviation not ending in the last
letter of the full word.

Use of an apostrophe wouldn't apply to an abbreviation anyway unless
you're
showing posession...
It ain't not gonna's work's them's way's like's he's done's it.

I think that he's saying that the, " ' " = "fessional", so instead of
saying, "professionals" he says, "pro's".