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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Singulars and plural
Message-ID: <382@opus.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Apr-84 21:23:36 EST
Article-I.D.: opus.382
Posted: Wed Apr 18 21:23:36 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Apr-84 01:20:45 EST
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Could someone explain why the names of some groups are singular and others
plural?  For example, there is net.:
	bicycle, cycle, flame, puzzle, micro, railroad, rec.boat, sport,...
but also net.:
	books, consumers, cooks, games, jokes, kids,...
This has led me to posting mistakes--recoverable, but annoying, since
postnews doesn't check the newsgroup directly but rather lets inews do it.

PUT DOWN THAT TORCH.  I'm not suggesting that it be changed, but I'd like
to know how it came about, and whether there's some mnemonic device that
I'm missing that would help me remember.
-- 
...Are you making this up as you go along?		Dick Dunn
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