Date   : Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:33:27 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Grammar

"Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...> wrote:
> I was going to mention this one.  I would always use "disc" in the
> same way I always use "programme" in an attempt to allow British
> English to prevail over any other variants.
 
A program is a programme of instructions given to a computer.
 
> What do people think of capitalisation of acronyms (ie. EPROMS, BASIC
> rather than eprom, basic)?
 
Capitalisation is the correct form.
 
ROM and ROMs, not rom, roms, Rom, Roms or ROMS.
EPROM and EPROMs, not EPROMS, Eproms, eproms, etc.
BASIC, not Basic.
BBC BASIC, not BBCBasic, BBC Basic.
RISC OS, not Risc OS, RiscOS, RISCOS.
 
> A: Because it destroys the flow of conversation
> Q: Why is top posting dumb?
 
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