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Not Lloyd wrote:
Do what you wish, but those who are better educated will continue to use the apostrophe to denote the possessive rather than the plural. Would a "Basic Manual of Style" change your mind? I have a "Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary" which contains a "Basic Manual of Style" in the back. Here's what it says for "Apostrophe: 1. ... 2. ... 3. To form the plurals of letters or figures add an apostrophe and an s. ..." It does say that a few people object to number 3. As in many other areas of the English language, the context of the use of the apostrophe determines its function: 1. to replace missing letters, 2. possessive, 3. plurals of letters or numbers. P.S. The better educated posters avoid violating the attribution rules for newsgroups. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
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