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Re: plurals in acronyms

Subject: Re: plurals in acronyms
From: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:29:30 -0500

lcp gr wrote:

You can set guidelines for XYZs with...

How do you actually write it out? (as in any or all XYZ) or how do you write out a plural acronym if its not possessive. IS that possessive?.

How would you say: the budget for the XYZs

or - the XYZ's budgets ?

any of those correct usage incorrect - is there a guideline?

thanks,

The only thing I would add to the suggestions already made is to spell out the acronym (or acronyms) on first use. At east then your reader has a little better idea of what is being pluralized or possessivized (okay, it's probably not a word, but it should be) ..... it must be Friday.

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