TOS

 For those in the know you probably know that the acronym TOS stands for "The Original Series" of Star Trek. You know, the one with Kirk, Spock and Bones. Pam is a die hard TOS fan. In fact, she loves it so much that she doesn't acknowledge the other Star Trek (The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine & Voyager) series' validity. Well, that may be a little harsh, but she does like TOS a whole lot more than those other imposters. 

I was thinking today about the grammatical use of The Original Series acronym. Since the "T" is for "The", how does it work when one says something like:

"Pam is a huge fan of the TOS series of Star Trek."

Would that be correct?  If we are to rewrite that phrase without the acronym, it would read:

"Pam is a huge fan of the The Original Series series of Star Trek."

Well, that's not right. Too many repeated words. 

Perhaps one could say:

"Pam is a huge fan of TOS." and be done with it. 

Personally, I believe the following should be true:

1. An acronym should not contain a "The" at the beginning of the acronym. Too confusing. 
2. Use of an acronym should not include having to decipher it in order to use it grammatically correct in a sentence. Too annoying.