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Is it VPS, or VPSs?
RobertClarke
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This has been irritating me for months, literally. Not sure if there's something official, or we should take a vote on it, or what. Yes it is an abbreviation, maybe I'm missing something simple. What are your thoughts?
Edit: Yes, if it wasn't obvious, I am talking about the plural form of the abbreviation of Virtual Private Server.
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VPSs
I have Virtual Private Serveres
I have Virtual Private Servers
So... Technically as @gubbyte said, VPSs
Virtual Private Server = VPS
Virtual Private Servers = VPS
VPSes sounds better to me.
Multiple Vps sounds much better
VPS'
"Your Virtual Servers are ready." > "Your VPSs are ready."
Do prefer VPS when speaking singularly, VPSes when talking about multiple.
VPSes or boxen
Exactly that. People using "VPSs" are not literate enough, this is against the English language rules.
How exactly do you pronounce that? "All my [fill in the blank] are down today." VPS-tick?
@Oliver
VPS'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviation#Plural_forms
To form the plural of an abbreviation, a number, or a capital letter used as a noun, simply add a lowercase s to the end.
A group of MPs
The roaring 20s
Mind your Ps and Qs
The forum where people discuss awesome VPSs.
What is the plural for witness then ?
"servers"
I just learned more in this thread than high school english, Ty!
I just say Virtual Servers.
Possession, but not plural.
i think its "VPSes"
interesting one... :-) i guess this question should be better asked here: http://english.stackexchange.com -- would someone care do dig deeper and point to an answer from some respectable source?
It's whatever Uncle Bamn decides it to be, fruit cake!
I also think it is 'VPSes'
This.
witnesses
@Oliver exactly
So why not VPSes then?
My bad... I read this wrong.
I don't know. This seems to make more sense of it. I'm not a scientist man!
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_faigley_penguinhb_1/7/1977/506336.cw/index.html parentloc
Boxes?
VMs