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- From: srinivas@lips.ecn.purdue.edu (The Abode of Wealth)
- Subject: Apostrophes in Plural forms?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.054810.12567@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 05:48:10 GMT
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- Hi,
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- I have a question for you knowledgeable netters.
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- I have noticed that people use an apostrophe in writing "1960s". What is
- right, "1960s" or "1960's"? I feel that the use of an apostrophe is
- wrong because when the words are used instead of numbers, "sixties"
- is the correct word and not "sixty's". The apostrophes also creep
- into plurals of commonly used abbreviations. What is right - "IMHOs"
- or "IMHO's"? Using the full form is not an alternative here because
- I am using abbreviations of long technical phrases and it is very tedious to
- use the full forms a hundred times.
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- Thanks,
- Srinivas
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- R. Srinivas srinivas@ecn.purdue.edu
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