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so, what's the proper way to pluralize CD and/or DVD? CDs just looks wrong, and CD's indicates possession, and one really doesn't want to have to write out compact discs every time, and...
looking for the vinyl answer...
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> CDs just looks wrong
Not to my eye, eta.
One cm, two cms is a common pattern of pluralisation here, and the uppper case makes no odds to me. The possessive, wrongly applied, on the other hand... [/grinding teeth]
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hmm. ok. I can try CDs, and see if I'll get used to it. thanks!
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I'm with mav (although quite far removed). I also prefer adding lowercase s to uppercase acronyms*, indicating the s is not inherently part thereof.
*wwftds being a notable exception <g>
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What mav and tsuwm said. [/putting-in-vote-after-the-election-is-already-over emoticon]
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*wwftds being a notable exception <g>
Well, tsuwm, you could try wwftdS on for size, I suppose ...
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Thre's no capital I in dea.
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heh.. next you'll be telling us there's no I in ego.
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