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Article #2464Re: When was the SPARC 20 introduced and discontinued?
From: WSteffen
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:09
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:09
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Rich Teer wrote: > On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Coy Hile wrote: > >> Am I the only one who still (correctly -- though the other option is >> AFAIK equally correct as well) pluralizes acronyms with an apostrophe? > > > I don't think you're the only one, but according to the Chicago Manual > of Style, the correct way to pluralise an abbreviation is (in most > cases) WITHOUT an apostrophe. See Section 6.16 of the CMoS 14th Edition, > or 7.15 of the 15th Edition. > > A common practise is not necessarily a correct one. :-) > Right you are!! A good example is using then where than is correct and visa-versa.
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