In regards to, "It's not plural (or possessive)"
>> Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Iris Took got me thinking after her recent post...
The word, "email"...
Should it ever be plural?
Queston in point:
"I have a boatload of email to go through."
-or-
"Can you forward me all of the emails she's sent you over the past week?"
-or-
"Can you forward me all of the emails she's sent you over the past week?"
SHOULD "EMAIL" EVER BE PLURAL?!?
I tend to think not. When you receive paper mail, and a lot at that, you don't say, "Whoa... my box was FILLED TO THE BRIM with mails today."
So - that said. Stop making, "email" plural. You know who you are.
It kills me.
Besides, I think we should go back to calling email "electronic mail" and a FAX a "facsimile."
Ah, when life was simpler...
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3 comments:
Hmm. I agree with you. "Mail" and "e-mail" should never be pluralized with an "s," and you can say (obviously) "letters" and "e-mail messages" if you really wanted/needed to make the distinction between one message or many.
Thoughts on "email" without the hyphen? This one gets me because I was taught to ALWAYS use the hyphen during my AP Style training days, but it seems to be the most common spelling now.
E-mail vs. email - good question.
This bugs me too - what about CDs vs. CD's. I have read that both are acceptable when it is an acronym, but come ON - I hate seeing that damn apostrophe and I refuse to use it.
I agree...email should never have an "s" on it
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