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Goronsky Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Alternative to Italicization
Is it out of the question to pluralize letters, numerals and words (as words) as I've done below? This, of course, is an alternative to italicization. Could the examples below work exactly as punctuated – yes or no?
Nancy's capital 'B's look like '8's.
Jeremiah used one too many 's's when he spelled 'Mississippi'.
There were too many 'I do's, 'maybe's, 'thank-you's, 'whereas's and 'like's in that last paragraph.
Thanks.
Nancy's capital 'B's look like '8's.
Jeremiah used one too many 's's when he spelled 'Mississippi'.
There were too many 'I do's, 'maybe's, 'thank-you's, 'whereas's and 'like's in that last paragraph.
Thanks.
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I see how difficult it is to distinguish between pluralization and quotation marks. Nancy's capital B's look like 8's. That looks fine to me.
- I see how difficult it is to distinguish between pluralization and quotation marks.
- Nancy's capital B's look like 8's.
- That looks fine to me.
- Jeremiah used one too many s's when he...
- also looks fine.
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I see how difficult it is to distinguish between pluralization and quotation marks.
Nancy's capital B's look like 8's. That looks fine to me.
Jeremiah used one too many s's when he... also looks fine.
There were too many occurrences of 'I do', 'maybe', 'thank-you', 'whereas', and 'like' in that last paragraph.
Nancy's capital B's look like 8's. That looks fine to me.
Jeremiah used one too many s's when he... also looks fine.
There were too many occurrences of 'I do', 'maybe', 'thank-you', 'whereas', and 'like' in that last paragraph.
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