How do you write "my name has two 'n's in it"?

[nq:1]A friend recently pointed out in an email that his name has two 'n's init. I think this is an interesting grammar problem, worthy of the English teacher I had when aged twelve. How should the two 'n's be formatted?[/nq]
You write "... and regarding the spelling of my name, don't forget the 'n'. There are two of them."

[nq:1]A friend recently pointed out in an email that his name has two 'n's init. I think this is an interesting grammar problem, worthy of the English teacher I had when aged twelve. How should the two 'n's be formatted?[/nq]
There seem some category problems here . . .

1. Correct spelling is not a "grammar problem"
2. Formatting is irrelevant to correct spelling.Words (especially

[nq:1]A friend recently pointed out in an email that his name has two 'n's in it. I think this is an interesting grammar problem, worthy of the English teacher I had when aged twelve. How should the two 'n's be formatted? Regards, ..matthew[/nq]
How I would do it:
"N"s or "n"s
'N's or 'n's
If the two 'n's are together: "My name has a double 'n' in it." Alternative, avoiding the pro

That is changing the way the statement is expressed and avoiding the problem. It's easy enough to convey the meaning by writing it in another way. My question still stands, how would you write: "my name has two 'n's in it."?
Regards,
..matthew

[nq:1]A friend recently pointed out in an email that his name has two 'n's in it. I think this is an interesting grammar problem, worthy of the English teacher I had when aged twelve. How should the two 'n's be formatted?[/nq]
You mean, should there be apostrophes around the n in the written sentence? I'm not sure this is a life-and-death issue. If you're particuarly anxious to avoid them you

My question still stands, how would you write: "my name has two 'n's
[nq:1]in it."?[/nq]
I'd put "n"s or n's. But there are other possibilities: 'n's, Ns, ens... You'll know whether the recipient's got the message the next time they write the name.
Adrian

[nq:1]Hi, A friend recently pointed out in an email that his name has two 'n's in it. I think this is an interesting grammar problem, worthy of the English teacher I had when aged twelve. How should the two 'n's be formatted?[/nq]
I think they should be formatted the way you've done it. My own preference would be "n"s rather than 'n's, though, since at first glance I tend to read the sequence

[nq:1]There seem some category problems here . . . 1. Correct spelling is not a "grammar problem" 2. Formatting is irrelevant to correct spelling. Words (especially proper names) should be spelled correctly in all formats.[/nq]
This reply avoids my question. Proper nouns are often misspelled, especially with a name such as 'Ackermann', which is pronounced in the same way with one 'n' or two.

[nq:1]I'd put "n"s or n's. But there are other possibilities: 'n's, Ns, ens... You'll know whether the recipient's got the message the next time they write the name.[/nq]
Thanks Adrian.
The one that seems best to me is "n"s, this avoids the 'ownership' inconsistency that is present in n's and the incorrectness of the 'n is' expansion. The 'ens' suggestion would only work with written dialo

Maria Conlon filted:
[nq:1]How I would do it: "N"s or "n"s 'N's or 'n's If the two 'n's are together: "My name has ... your own name, substitute 't' for 'n' and please use a capital M. Other opinions may vary. (May? Will.)[/nq]
There are even those whose preferred "correction" consists of shouting "WRONG!" and then refusing to speak to you until you somehow figure out how you misspelled th