I would aver, although not strenuously, that, like with all rules, there are
exceptions, e.g., the plural of OM-4Ti, and the like. Would you prefer OM-4Tis
or OM-4Ti's? And 'tis not the only example I can think of, but I wish not to be
verbose, which seems of late to have become nearly pandemic hereabouts.
And to whom it may concern: "advise" is a verb; "advice" is a noun, the result
of having the verb aimed and fired at one. I would advise everyone to use them
properly, which I think is good advice.
Walt, a son of high school English teacher
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> You don't Jez. You don't need an apostrophe for any plural. Use
> them only for missing letters and possessives. Where there's a
> conflict, use them for the missing letter: "it's" means "it is", par
> example ... :-)
>
> Chris
> (assuming that it was a serious question ...)
> On 6 Sep 2006, at 12:08, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
> > Ok pedant colleagues - where does one put the apostrophes in "DOs and
> > DON'Ts"?
> > cheer's,
> > Jez
>
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