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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Plural of an acronym? #1366 04/14/2000 1:44 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Here's what W3 has to say: Abbreviations formed by literation and used as nouns add either apostrophe and -s or more often just -s. GI -> GIs or GI's, IQ -> IQs or IQ's so I guess it's up to the individual copy editor? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Plural of an acronym? midnight 04/13/2000 9:43 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? wsieber 04/14/2000 1:19 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? Philip Davis 04/20/2000 10:50 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 04/20/2000 11:10 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? AnnaStrophic 04/21/2000 12:01 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 04/14/2000 1:44 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? shanks 04/20/2000 9:57 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 04/20/2000 1:51 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? jmh 04/20/2000 5:37 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? Bingley 06/12/2000 4:29 AM Curriculum Vitaes jmh 06/14/2000 3:19 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Bingley 06/14/2000 11:23 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Jackie 06/15/2000 12:11 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Rubrick 06/15/2000 12:46 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Lucy 06/16/2000 4:26 AM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Jackie 06/16/2000 11:32 AM Re: Curriculum Vitaes tsuwm 06/16/2000 5:58 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Bingley 06/19/2000 4:51 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? lusy 04/20/2000 10:05 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? RachelDugdale 06/07/2000 11:02 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? jmh 06/07/2000 4:54 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 06/07/2000 5:17 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 08/22/2000 1:24 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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