• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The way I knew it in the UK is:

    AC - singular air conditioner

    AC’s - air conditioner’s [something]

    ACs - multiple air conditioners

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      Thanks. That helps quite a bit. The internet’s fury has made me question whether I am correct in this regard countless times, but I still have textbooks that say that the usage in this meme is correct. I’ve been curious for a long time.

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          I will when I can. They are in a storage unit that I can get to on Saturday at best and I will have to dig through stuff. There is also a fair chance of my memory failing because it has been 25 years.

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      It’s the same in the US, people just aren’t very aware of/careful about grammar here.

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        it drives me nuts. please preserve grammar, people. it just descends into chaos without it.