Ours is such a precise language... On 11/1/06, Bonnie Granat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most editors would say that when the result of adding an "s" is something > like that, the apostrophe should be used. So does Chicago: > > 7.14 Noun coinages > Words and hyphenated phrases that are not nouns but are used as nouns form > the plural by adding s or es. To avoid an awkward appearance, an adjustment > in spelling (or sometimes an apostrophe) may be needed. > > Examples: Ifs and buts, dos and don'ts, threes and fours, thank-yous, > > but > > maybe's and yesses and noes (or yes's and no's, especially if maybe's is > also used)
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