why do people insist on making RPM plural?

[Walleye]

Revolutions Per Minute


the pluralization is already included! it's not supposed to be revolutions per minutes! :|

argh!

must be the same people who insist on calling the itbs the itbs test.

(iowa test of basic skills.......................test :|)

 

[FoBoT]

revolution per minutes

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
revolution per minutes

If people insist on pluralizing minutes, then minutes is undefined, so the scale is meaningless.

 

[johnjbruin]

what is your PIN number so I can go use the ATM machine?

 

[Epsil0n00]

Originally posted by: Walleye
Revolutions Per Minute


the pluralization is already included! it's not supposed to be revolutions per minutes! :|

argh!

must be the same people who insist on calling the itbs the itbs test.

(iowa test of basic skills.......................test :|)

These are likely the same people who can't differentiate between:
to, too and two
your and you're
its and it's
their, there and they're
etc...

 

[DJFuji]

lol. I would give you my pin number but my nic card is malfunctioning at the moment

 

[AaronB]

NT technology.

 

[StageLeft]

For the same reason people say "The HMS blahblah was a good ship."

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Epsil0n00

Originally posted by: Walleye
Revolutions Per Minute


the pluralization is already included! it's not supposed to be revolutions per minutes! :|

argh!

must be the same people who insist on calling the itbs the itbs test.

(iowa test of basic skills.......................test :|)

These are likely the same people who can't differentiate between:
to, too and two
your and you're
its and it's
their, there and they're
etc...

I hate stoopid people like that .

 

[Epsil0n00]

Originally posted by: MonkeyDriveExpress

Originally posted by: Epsil0n00

Originally posted by: Walleye
Revolutions Per Minute


the pluralization is already included! it's not supposed to be revolutions per minutes! :|

argh!

must be the same people who insist on calling the itbs the itbs test.

(iowa test of basic skills.......................test :|)

These are likely the same people who can't differentiate between:
to, too and two
your and you're
its and it's
their, there and they're
etc...

I hate stoopid people like that .

I know! There so dum, its amazing too me!

 

[ndee]

wow, you guys can really get worked up about such little stuff? Get a life already.

 

[MDE]

It's just really annoying to see all of these little mistakes that aren't that hard to correct. When you fill out a job application and tell them that you had "too years of experiense at Blew Cross Blew Sheild" you look like a total assclown.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Originally posted by: ndee
wow, you guys can really get worked up about such little stuff? Get a life already.

No, just Walleye.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

I always just called that test "The Iowa's"

 

[aircooled]

because there are no periods between the acronym. RPM has basically become a word rather than an acronym.

 

[CChaos]

Lets go have some beers and forget about all of this.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: AaronB
NT technology.

Perfect example.

 

[ScoobMaster]

The same type of people that publish articles with the statement "....high rate of speed..."

Speed, by definition, IS a RATE. That makes the phrase "rate of speed" redundant.

nitpicky? yes. but also accurate.

 

[dartworth]

I think my hot water heater broke...

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: ScoobMaster
The same type of people that publish articles with the statement "....high rate of speed..."

Speed, by definition, IS a RATE. That makes the phrase "rate of speed" redundant.

nitpicky? yes. but also accurate.

um, no its not. by definition, its a quantity measured with respect to another measured quantity. which makes "rate of speed" perfectly acceptable.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Walleye
Revolutions Per Minute


the pluralization is already included! it's not supposed to be revolutions per minutes! :|

argh!

must be the same people who insist on calling the itbs the itbs test.

(iowa test of basic skills.......................test :|)

Why do people write sentences without capitalizing the necessary letters??

 

[MegaloManiaK]

Why is it people around here get so worked up over the stuipidest things?

Surely you have something more important to do than complain about this.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: aircooled
because there are no periods between the acronym. RPM has basically become a word rather than an acronym.

there are no periods between most acronyms. RPM is still an acronym, not a word.

 

[CraigRT]

I agree it's kind of silly when you think about it.. but when you say:

"OMG i was driving fast and the RPM just stopped and the engine quit"

it looks odd..... heh

 

[AMCRambler]

The cop ran the VIN number...