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Dave in KC
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----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 7:11 PM
Subject: Apostrophes & spelling (was Re: Sears disaster- BOZO's heh)

> (Some english scholar help me: should there be an apostrophe in bozo's for
> the plural version, should it be bozos?) you're not a bozo for asking, at
> least you realize there's a problem.
>
> NO there should not. An apostrophe is used to denote a possessive
(Horace's
> Vanagon), not plurals (there are two Horaces). It should NOT be used with
> plural numbers (B29s) or acronyms (CRTs), unless it is intended to show
> that the B29 or CRT "owns" something.
>