DJA wrote:
Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote:
It took me a long time to break out of the habit of "cd's" and "iso's"
and instead type them properly as "CDs" and "ISOs".
Gregory
According to this (Webster's II New Riverside Dictionary - Property of
U.S. Government), I'd say you had it right the first time: (quoting)
Apostrophe
...
4. indicates the plurals of word, letters, and figures used as such:
60's and 70's x's, y's, and z's.
It would seem that acronyms fall into this category, and as such, I
always use the form PC's, CD's, etc. I really don't worry about the
possessive form as I figure context will make it clear
The MPAA's ethics suck worse than mine.
Well, well. Looks like I used evidence to support your case rather than
mine. That'll teach me to actually read what I read before I write what
I wrote.
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~DJA.
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