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Inggris Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

MP's

http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2015/12/14/albanian_families_may_be_granted_citizenship/

"Icelandic MP's are currently discussing whether to grant the Albanian families deported last week, an Icelandic citizenship. This has been confirmed by Ólöf Nordal, Minister for the Interior. ................"

Is " MP's" instead of "MPs" used correctly in that sentence? Emotion: thinking
  

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inggris Is " MP's" instead of "MPs" used correctly in that sentence? No, the apostrophe is definitely not used correctly in that sentence. Icelandic MPs are currently .

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  • inggris Is " MP's" instead of "MPs" used correctly in that sentence?
  • No, the apostrophe is definitely not used correctly in that sentence.
  • Icelandic MPs are currently .
  • .
  • => members of parliament, plural.
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inggrisIs " MP's" instead of "MPs" used correctly in that sentence?
No, the apostrophe is definitely not used correctly in that sentence.

Icelandic MPs are currently . . . => members of parliament, plural. No apostrophe.

Compare:

This Icelandic MP's remarks are completely unacceptable. => the remarks
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