'Daylight Savings' Is Grammatically Incorrect (qz.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @02:40AM from the things-to-ponder dept.

A reader shares a report: We talk about time like it's money, and that may explain why we say "Daylight Savings Time," capitalizing the concept to emphasize its awesomeness. After all, who wouldn't want to be able to save hours like cash? The phrase "Daylight Savings Time," though commonly used in Australia, Canada, and the US, is technically incorrect. Time and Date, a website devoted to all things chronological, posits that the plural "savings" became popular because it's used in everyday contexts, like "savings account." The grammatically correct usage is "daylight saving time." The expression is singular and not capitalized, according to the US Government Publishing Office style guide. The GPO provides the guidance, "d.s.t., daylight saving (no 's') time."

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"News" that "Matters" by MightyYar · 2017-10-31 02:45 · Score: 1, Troll

Wow, full retard.

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/. Is done by Anonymous Coward · 2017-10-31 02:52 · Score: 0, Troll

So sad that this is the crap thats getting posted on slashdot now. One of the first great tech news site, now just blithering idiots trying to push social ideals on people. Take a look at what happened to other media outlets that abandoned their purpose for this crap.