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Sentence #244196

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papabear papabear January 25, 2011 January 25, 2011 at 7:22:21 AM UTC link Permalink

At least in American usage, pluralizing capital letters or acronyms does NOT need an apostrophe. Hence, GMOs, WMDs, Ps and Qs. I doubt that "i's" and "t's" are comprehensible without apostrophes unless, God forbid, it's "i"s and "t"s we're after, let alone is or ts.

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He who minds his P's and Q's will not forget to dot the "i's" and cross his "t's", when writing.

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He who minds his Ps and Qs will not forget to dot the "i's" and cross his "t's", when writing.

edited by papabear, January 25, 2011