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Nicole Cvetkovic asked:
>In making first reference to my subject (Seed Planning and Registry
>System), I want to want to bracket the acronym (SPAR) immediately
>following the initial reference. However, I also need to form a
>possessive (Seed Planning and Registry System's) in the same sentence.
>What, then, should go in the bracket?
>
>To make things a little clearer, here's the sentence:
>
>"...the Seed Planning and Registry System's (???) eventual migration..."
>
>Should I form the possessive in the acronym as well?
Nicole - I'd rewrite the sentence without the possessive:
"... the eventual migration of the Seed Planning and Registry System
(SPAR)..."
One rule that we follow here is to never use our product names in the
possessive form. We always rewrite around it.
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Kim Cramer
kcramer -at- ncslink -dot- com
Sr. Information Developer
NCS Education, Mesa AZ
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