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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Plural Forms of Abbreviations

0Hi,02br
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00Could someone let me know which one of the following plural forms of abbreviations is more common in the English-speaking community:-02br
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00b. CD's02br
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00And, if we have to turn them into possessive adjectives, how should we write them?02br
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00Thanks.02br
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00Kathy0-
  

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02br 02br 00If you want the gory details, you can surf the web yourself. I've pasted below a section from: 01a 05000 02a 02br 02br 00Whether to add an apostrophe for a plural where the plural is not formed by doubling up the last letter: should one write CDs or CD's? The apostrophe is not needed grammatically but sometimes is added to make it clear that the 01i 00s02i 00 is not part of the abbreviation.

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  • 02br 02br 00If you want the gory details, you can surf the web yourself.
  • I've pasted below a section from: 01a 05000 02a 02br 02br 00Whether to add an apostrophe for a plural where the plural is not formed by doubling up the last letter: should one write CDs or CD's?
  • The apostrophe is not needed grammatically but sometimes is added to make it clear that the 01i 00s02i 00 is not part of the abbreviation.
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  • enjoyed an economic boom in the 1990s and the Roaring ’20s", referring to decades, or "I am going to the bank to exchange four 5's for two 10's", where the 5's and 10's refer to banknotes.
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0Hi Kathy,02br
00I would say 01b01i01font00CDs02font02i02b00 is more common in the U.S.02br
00To make it possessive, you would then make it 01b01font00CDs'02font02b00.02br
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00If you want the gory details, you can su
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0Hi Danyoo,02br
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00Thanks a lot!02br
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00Your notes are really very helpful to me.02br
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00Cheers,02br
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00Kathy0-
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CDs' is plural possessive.

But for one CD is it CD's, such as in the sentence, "That CD's surface is scratched."
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Hi, I have a question for using abbr. on the plural form.

Many research articles used IS for "Information Systems" , instead of ISs. Is it OK?
What about Computer Systems (CS) or CSs?.
Thanks

Note : an Information System (IS) - is any combination of
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AnonymousHi,
Could someone let me know which one of the following plural forms of abbreviations is more common in the English-speaking community:-
a. CDs
b. CD's
And, if we have to turn them into possessive adjectives, how should we write them?
Thanks.
Kathy
AnonymousHi,
Could someone let me know which one
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AnonymousHi,
Could someone let me know which one of the following plural forms of abbreviations is more common in the English-speaking community:-
a. CDs
b. CD's
And, if we have to turn them into possessive adjectives, how should we write them?
Thanks.
Kathy
AnonymousHi,
Could someone let me know which one
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