No, Andrew, I disagree. There’s never a reason to use an apostrophe for a
plural.
Chris
On 18 Nov 2013, at 21:15, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As I understand it, you can use an apostrophe to seperate the 's' from a word
> in a plural when the word itself is somehow special - to avoid a situation
> where it would change the word into something else rather than a plural. It
> is done after acronyms for instance - or after words that end in a vowel but
> which, unlike potatoes, don't take an 'e'. So 'roos' would be a bit confusing
> although acceptable. However, wedgie' as a plural - no way.
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