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[OM] Re: [OT] The Do's and Don'ts of apostrophe placement

Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] The Do's and Don'ts of apostrophe placement
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:14:56 +0000
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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