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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Apostrophes

What is the correct way to pluralize abbreviated words such as: cds or cd's
  

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The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers : "Do not use an apostrophe to form the plural of an abbreviation or a number" and the examples include acronyms such as PhDs and VCRs. The Chicago Manual of Style : "So far as it can be done without confusion, single or multiple letters, hyphenated coinages, and numbers used as nouns... " Among the examples are SOSs, CODs and IOUs.

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  • The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers : "Do not use an apostrophe to form the plural of an abbreviation or a number" and the examples include acronyms such as PhDs and VCRs.
  • The Chicago Manual of Style : "So far as it can be done without confusion, single or multiple letters, hyphenated coinages, and numbers used as nouns...
  • " Among the examples are SOSs, CODs and IOUs.
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The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers: "Do not use an apostrophe to form the plural of an abbreviation or a number" and the examples include acronyms such as PhDs and VCRs.

The Chicago Manual of Style: "So far as it can be done without confusion, single or multiple letters, hyphenated coinages, and numbers used as nouns... form the plural by adding s alone
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cds is correct. ex - I have many CDs.

CD's shows ownership.
EX - The CD's liner notes were very comprehensive.

cheers,
Nick
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