On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:36:00PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > And which grammatical rule suggests the apostrophes? > It's the standard rule for pluralizing single lower-case letters. > > Chicago Manual of Style, 13th ed; 6.9--10:
Hmm, OK. A real reference. I'd always assumed it was just poor practice (given that the general population has serious trouble with the apostrophe). I wonder if this applies to British/Australian English as well. thanks, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
