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grammatical number - Is the plural form of ID spelled IDs or ID . . . Yes, it can depend on the style guide you're using, but since you're clearly not using a style guide, the plural of cat is cats, and the plural of ID is IDs Simple as that There is no reason to even consider an apostrophe It conveys no additional information that the simple -s does not As to "how to tell", what do you mean? They sound completely identical in speech Lastly, there is no
Indicate vs Indicates - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The test ids ARB1 and ARB2 indicate (s) that two different samples were used, rather than representing different test methods My colleague is of the view that the subject "test ids ARB1 and ARB2" is plural, and hence the verb would be in it's plural form (without an s) "indicate"
What is the etymology of ID (or I. D. ), as in something used for . . . Most dictionaries state "ID" "I D " as an abbreviation for "identification" rather than "identity", so it's no surprise that Etymonline directs I D "specifically" to "identification" E g From Collins Dictionary: ID in American English (ˈaɪˈdi) Informal NOUN Word forms: plural ID's or IDs identification US a card (ID card) or document, as a birth certificate, that serves to identify a
When is Y a vowel? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In school we are taught the vowels: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y Today's XKCD got me thinking about when the letter Y is considered to be a vowel I understand (perhaps incorrectly) that in w
Different forms of the abbreviations for identification? Both the NOAD and the OED report that ID is an abbreviation for identity, identification They weren't carrying any ID I lost my ID card The term id is used in psychoanalysis, and Id is a variant spelling of Eid In some contexts, id could be understood as ID, for example in the phrase the user id used when talking of a CMS
What is the word for someone who checks ID cards before permitting . . . What about in non-bar contexts? In San Francisco, the Sundance Kabuki is an upscale movie theater that serves alcohol for some screens, and they have a person checking IDs at a checkpoint The word "bouncer" just sounds wrong to me in that context, but the only alternative I can come up with is "ID checker" (which sounds equally odd to me)
Is it acceptable to drop the comma in Thanks, John? The main difference between lying and not using a comma in "Thanks, John", in your analogy, is that lying is a deliberate act of deception that often has negative consequences for the person being lied to, whereas dropping that comma is unlikely to have any negative consequences for the reader and is often not done deliberately It's a poor analogy