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Commented Feb 24, 2016 on Pluralize Numbers and Abbreviations Without Apostrophes at APA Style 6th Edition Blog
Pluralize Numbers and Abbreviations Without Apostrophes
by David Becker A common mistake people make is to include apostrophes when pluralizing a number or an abbreviation. Apostrophes are generally used in contractions and to indicate the possessive case, but they are not used to form plurals of numbers and abbreviations in APA Style. For insta...
The question is, what about strange cases? Meaning we (like most people) acronym Operating System as OS. So do you pluarize operating systems as OSs, or OS's. I know you said NEVER use 's, but I have also seen the saying that if it looks strange add an ', as it isn't a "concrete rule".
Your take?
Commented Feb 23, 2016 on Pluralize Numbers and Abbreviations Without Apostrophes at APA Style 6th Edition Blog
Pluralize Numbers and Abbreviations Without Apostrophes
by David Becker A common mistake people make is to include apostrophes when pluralizing a number or an abbreviation. Apostrophes are generally used in contractions and to indicate the possessive case, but they are not used to form plurals of numbers and abbreviations in APA Style. For insta...
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