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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Plural of an acronym? #1366 04/14/00 01:44 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 04/13/00 09:43 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? wsieber 04/14/00 01:19 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? Philip Davis 04/20/00 10:50 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 04/20/00 11:10 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? AnnaStrophic 04/21/00 12:01 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 04/14/00 01:44 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? shanks 04/20/00 09:57 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 04/20/00 01:51 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? jmh 04/20/00 05:37 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? Bingley 06/12/00 04:29 AM Curriculum Vitaes jmh 06/14/00 03:19 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Bingley 06/14/00 11:23 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Jackie 06/15/00 12:11 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Rubrick 06/15/00 12:46 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Lucy 06/16/00 04:26 AM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Jackie 06/16/00 11:32 AM Re: Curriculum Vitaes tsuwm 06/16/00 05:58 PM Re: Curriculum Vitaes Bingley 06/19/00 04:51 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? lusy 04/20/00 10:05 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? RachelDugdale 06/07/00 11:02 AM Re: Plural of an acronym? jmh 06/07/00 04:54 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 06/07/00 05:17 PM Re: Plural of an acronym? tsuwm 08/22/00 01:24 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 608 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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