KenAlmon
Electrical
- Apr 12, 2002
- 48
Oftentimes I am confronted with words that just don't look right. References to various dictionaries often don't help. Just wondering whether there is a consensus for:
1. plural of bus - busses or buses (I tend to use busbars!)
2. time current curves that don't work resulting in "maloperations" or is it "misoperations"
3. Amps - I was once told by a teacher long ago that anyone who has a unit of measurement named after them, should have the honour of the name being both Capitalized and NOT shortened. Thus the proper terms: Watt-second vs watt-second, Ampere vs Amp or amp, Hertz vs hertz (Hz OK).
If you have any others, I'd like to hear about them. Also, as geography/culture oftentimes bears some role in our spelling, please provide your "connection". I, by the way, am from Canada.
1. plural of bus - busses or buses (I tend to use busbars!)
2. time current curves that don't work resulting in "maloperations" or is it "misoperations"
3. Amps - I was once told by a teacher long ago that anyone who has a unit of measurement named after them, should have the honour of the name being both Capitalized and NOT shortened. Thus the proper terms: Watt-second vs watt-second, Ampere vs Amp or amp, Hertz vs hertz (Hz OK).
If you have any others, I'd like to hear about them. Also, as geography/culture oftentimes bears some role in our spelling, please provide your "connection". I, by the way, am from Canada.
