

| Subject: | Re: Apostrophes & spelling (was Re: Sears disaster- BOZO's heh) |
| From: | Andrew Grebneff |
| Date: | Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:42:52 +1200 |
>"Use the apostrophe and s to form the plural of lower case letters and of >abbreviations followed by periods. When needed to prevent confusion, use >the apostrophe and s to form the plural of capital letters, of >abbreviations not following by periods, and of words referred to as words. > >[examples] >a's, th's, p.s.'s, Ph.D.'s, P.O.W.'s >His I's are illegible, and his loss's look like lass's. > [NOT Is, losss, or lasss] > >Either 's or s may be used to form such plurals as the following: > >the 1970's OR the 1970s >two B's OR two Bs >her and's OR her ands >his 7's OR his 7s >the &'s OR the &s >the VFW's OR the VFWs" Apostrophes in plurals are misleading, confusing, messy and totally unnecessary. Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand ph 64 (3) 473-8863 fax 64 (3) 479-7527 <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> www.goingplatinum.com/member/vw1 www.highyieldcrusaders.ws/ref.html?ref=vw www.aciimoney.com/index.shtml?vw1 VW & Toyota vans, Toyota diesels and Macintoshes rule
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