DJA wrote:
In summation: CD's right, CDs wrong.
In summary to your summary, Webster is wrong. Compact Disk's makes no sense when referring to the plural form. CD is an acronym for Compact Disk, so WTF would anyone put an apostrophe before the 's'? I think the only reason we see it so often today (and the reason Webster says to use it) is because of the confusion about it. The masses started using it, so it stuck.
Three different professors (each with a Ph.D., if that matters) taught that either form is OK, but the proper form is to use it as if you were writing the full phrase or name (as I said in my other post).
Oh, and stop typing to yourself! :P PGA -- Paul G. Allen Owner, Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting Services www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
