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FW: OLoCA
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "Thread TITTTL'd!" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:35:25 +0100
- Subject: FW: OLoCA
- Reply-to: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) wrote on 31 July 2008 00:06:
> - Note: NIAID is an acronym for the National Institute of Allergy and
> Infectious Diseases (part of the National Institutes of Health). Note
> that the article and prepositions were not included. People who work
> here usually spell it out but often enough pronounce it as a word. What
> we struggle with is whether to use the definite article with the acronym.
> Is it "NIAID is a component of NIH" or "The NIAID is a component of the
> NIH"?
Surely Sir Knee-Aid was one of the Knights who say 'NIH'?
... Sorry, I'll get my coa- <giant foot^Whippo descends from sky and
squashes DaveK>
cheers,
DaveK
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