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Subject:Re: Plurals of abbreviations From:Robert Bennett <RBENNETT -at- TECHDATA -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 15 Dec 1998 09:28:48 -0500
Sylvia,
The Chicago Manual of Style (6.16, 6.17) says to merely add a lowercase
"s" whenever possible. Exceptions apply, notably, abbreviations that
use more than one period, in which case an apostrophe is used (M.D.'s).
Bob
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> Plurals of abbreviations
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> How do you spell the plural of OS (for instance)
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