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B.A.S.E - WRONG!

B.A.S.E. - Correct

BASE - Even Better

base- best

wingsuit or wing suit?

wing-suit?

i or I?

damn teachers.


I guess B.A.S.E jumping is a crime.

# Acronyms are generally written with all letters in upper case. Some acronyms are treated as words in their own right and are written in lower case (such as scuba or radar).
# Older usage required that each letter be followed by a full stop. Current usage tends to omit full stops.

In initialisms, full stops are somewhat more often placed after each initial in American English (e.g., U.S., U.S.S.R.) than in British English (e.g., US, USSR); however, for acronyms that are pronounced like words (e.g., NATO), full stops are omitted in American English.

Making all variations correct, including Avenfoto's "base".

Depends on which side of the Atlantic you learned your English.

Wrong, the first one has an error.

In reply to:

each letter be followed by a full stop

If a writer put periods or full stops after
three of the letters, WHY not the fourth?

My money is on: typo/error/no proofing.
Never forget, the devil is in the details.

Is the pound symbol (#) now being used
to denote the start of a sentence? Damn
new Math is one thing but new English?

yeah, it pisses me off when Vegans eat honey also.

Or which side of the 49th parallel.............

Argue with the people on Wikipedia then, that's where I found that explanation hence the # signs.

Or take it up with the Associated Press Stylebook editors for journalist.

The British English language does not use the rule that a full stop is to be used after the "E" for example in B.A.S.E

Older usage required that each letter be followed by a full stop. Current usage tends to omit full stops.


Don't believe me ask the tattoo artist that does Mac's work or Mac himself. Your pet peeve doesn't make it correct unless you can prove the British are using incorrect punctuation in the English language.

So yes all the variations are correct.

Excellent point SabreDave.

Omit or Don't Omit... but omit just the last full stop? Heathens!

Uh oh....I know a British fellow in Cincy that won't take kindly to that...when do you arrive home?

I wasn't saying the British do it wrong.. I was referring to your interpretation. B.A.S.E uses full stops, but omits the last one. The quote doesn't say that it omits some and not others.

I call shenanigans.

British English and American English
Main article: Quotation mark#Punctuation

The traditional convention in American English is for full stops to be included inside the quotation marks, even if they are not part of the quoted sentence, while the British style shows clearly whether or not the punctuation is part of the quoted phrase. The American rule is derived from typesetting while the British rule is grammatical (see below for more explanation). Although the terms "American style" and "British style" are used, it is not as clear cut as that, because at least one major British newspaper prefers typesetters' quotation (punctuation inside) and BBC News uses both styles. Scientific and technical publications, even in the U.S., almost universally use logical quotation (punctuation outside unless part of the source material), due to its precision.

In British English they omit the last full stop, in American English they do not. No shenanigans.

excuse me kind sir, I was under impression I came to a BASE jumping forum, did I take a wrong turn somewhere ?

yep, you came to a hangout for non BASE related discussions and debates.

proper punctuation and grammar is optional.

well, the Hangout is a forum open to a variety of topics.

since the thread began as "Personal Pet Peeve," I guess you're expressing yours!

it's all good.

p.s.
nothing really.

p.p.s. (not pss)
I will refrain from any comment
regarding grammar. I'm sure I
offend some with my violations.

Its a pet peeve of mine when people incorrectly us PSS instead of P.P.S.

This entire copy/paste is irrelevant.. it's referring to full stops within quotation marks.


In every example in your wikipedia quote, the British method omitted ALL full stops, and never only the last one.


Yes, you were supposed to take that last right in Albuquerque.


That's what the Jews thought before the late 1930's, and look where they ended up.


See Jewish history refresher above.

I know it's irrelevant...I was being sarcastic. You can Google just as well as I can.

Ask the British, they omit the last full stop.

pet peeve of mine when people incorrectly us PSS instead of P.P.S.

Cool, thanks for the lesson.

Always down to learn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duden

the german last instance for german orthography...is there anything equal in the anglophone language area?

 
In traveling across europe England is the place I seemed to have the hardest time comunicateing. Rural France was easier and I only had four french words written on my arm and the ink was fadeing.

Lee

See attached

Hahah! You beat me to it; I just posted that in another thread

I don't even need to open that to know what it is.

"Judgment" spelled with an extra "e". Hate that for some reason.

this drives me crazy...use of the word irregardless as opposed to regardless. i all too frequently hear this coming out the mouths of educated individuals and have to bite my tongue not correct them. : P

Please sister, correct them, please

oh sure...that will go over big with my boss! LOL think i'll keep my mouth shut...this time.

irregardless...


so what's the difference between "flammable" and "inflammable?"

Nothing.

You beat me to it.
I was about to write it in another thread but it was a url.

GINGER KIDS

Sangi

word

Stems and Seeds. That shit is just not cool.