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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

grade: A's and B's

A : Did you get high marks last semester?
B: High marks?
C: Good grades. A's and B's.

Q) Why aphostroph s is added to the grades such as A and B like there?
  

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moon7296 A's and B's. There needn't be any. Style guides vary.

— Mister Micawber

  • moon7296 A's and B's.
  • There needn't be any.
  • Style guides vary.
  • Some say that the apostrophe should never be used for plurals; others say that they can be used for plurals of numbers and letters.
  • Let confusion be your guide: it seems to me that As and Bs don't really need the plural apostrophe, while a's and b's really do need it.
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moon7296A's and B's.
There needn't be any. Style guides vary. Some say that the apostrophe should never be used for plurals; others say that they can be used for plurals of numbers and letters.

Let confusion be your guide: it seems to me that As and Bs don't really need the plural apostrophe, while a's and b's reall
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Mister Micawber Let confusion be your guide: it seems to me that As and Bs don't really need the plural apostrophe, while a's and b's really do need it.
I like it. It gives us a chance to be creative.

How about something like 'a's?

You use too many 'a's.
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canadian45You use too many 'a's.
Yes, an apostrophe would be just too much there, wouldn't it?

The ultimate horror?— He said, "Too many 'a''s!"
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