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Is the word “nacbracs” a plural?

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Saturday, 28 April 2012, at 11:33 p.m.

In Response To: Is the word “nacbracs” a plural? (Taper_Mike)

Is the word nacbracs a plural? Is there a singular form, to wit, nacbrac?

The word "nacbracs" is short for "Nactation brackets." Nacbracs is singular and plural; one nacbracs, two nacbracs...

In punctuation, you might put a sentence in brackets. When referring to one of the two bracket symbols in isolation, you call it a bracket. So, I suppose the same should go for nacbracs. Between the left nacbrac and right nacbrac, the plays and error sizes reside.

That said, I don't have a problem with calling one of the rows in a series of nacbracs a "nacbrac." That appellation, while seemingly improper, could create a useful distinction.

Nack

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