John,
How, then, does one speak of, say, a Land Rover's rpm, which is very
nearly singular?
Peter C
At 03:28 PM 8/13/1999 , jonmac wrote:
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>>Dave's done 110 in Nigel (And had it up to 9500 rpms.)
>
>It's been a long time since I was confused by hood/bonnet, wing/fender,
>trunk/boot blah blah - but ...
>why is rpm trans-Atlantic pluralised? Revs or revolutions per minute means
>rpm, so why does another 's' go on the end of rpm? This issue is causing me
>a considerable loss of sleep.
>
>John Mac
Peter C.
MGC-GT , 100-4, '31 MM8 Cammy, Innocenti S(spoken for) ((now gone)),
'52 Champ, '60 L-R 109 SW, 3 '64-73 L-R 88's
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