Allison Transmission Possible Sale?

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Jan 29, 2007 | 09:40 AM

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soul strife

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Originally Posted by Chrome383Z

Although it's all rumor, if Cummins did purchase Allison's it would put them in a much better position to compete against CAT.

Whom is trying to get into the automotive business. Imagine that. The truck that Caterpillar built.

Jan 29, 2007 | 09:55 AM

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96_Camaro_B4C

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Originally Posted by Chrome383Z

Although it's all rumor, if Cummins did purchase Allison's it would put them in a much better position to compete against CAT.

Purchase Allison's what? Allison's company? His old mansion?

Sorry, but it is a pet peeve of mine.

The name of the company is Allison Transmission. There is no s or apostrophe-s at the end...

People do it all the time, including people who work at the company.

Jan 29, 2007 | 10:51 AM

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R377

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Originally Posted by 96_Camaro_B4C

Purchase Allison's what? Allison's company? His old mansion?

Sorry, but it is a pet peeve of mine.

The name of the company is Allison Transmission. There is no s or apostrophe-s at the end...

People do it all the time, including people who work at the company.

It's like how a lot of people in Detroit calls Ford "Fords", e.g. "I work down at Fords".

My grammatical pet peeve is the overuse of apostrophes in general, most notably on plurals. Many people also use them on possesive pronouns too, which is also wrong, e.g. "GM exceeded its sales targets" does not have an apostrophe in "its".