Paul G. Allen wrote:
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
After a bit of reseach, including dictionaries and books on hand, as
well as Wikipedia on English, it turns out that both CD's and CDs are
correct for the plural form of CD, with CDs preferred.
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