# Another "misspellings or grammatical errors that drive you nuts" thread

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**Created:** [August 16, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misspellings-or-grammatical-errors-that-drive-you-nuts-thread/460183 "2008-08-16T03:22:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-misspellings-or-grammatical-errors-that-drive-you-nuts-thread/460183/181 "2008-08-25T23:59:49Z")

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[QUOTE=Bosstone]  
1980s, ATMs, DVDs, and CDs are all perfectly good, more consistent with the convention, and just look tidier.  
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I have a suspicion that a lot of the usage suggestions were pre-internet, and now that most of us write online a lot more style choices like this will change, by force, into what looks right on a monitor display.

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