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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Plurals of quotes
Hello! I'm writing a new blog post and I wondered, are the plurals of "firstly" and "secondly" indicated in the correct fashion? This is how it currently reads:
The structure of my writing in this post with "firstly"s and "secondly"s is one of the few things learnt from my degree that...
It just seems odd to me. I seem to want to put an apostrophe into them both but I can't really figure out why!
The structure of my writing in this post with "firstly"s and "secondly"s is one of the few things learnt from my degree that...
It just seems odd to me. I seem to want to put an apostrophe into them both but I can't really figure out why!
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I'm a native English speaker in the US, and I've never seen the words "firstly" and "secondly" used as standalone nouns, let alone as standalone plural nouns. Your given sentence is awkward by US standards (British usage might differ). You would generally not say it this way in (US) English.
- I'm a native English speaker in the US, and I've never seen the words "firstly" and "secondly" used as standalone nouns, let alone as standalone plural nouns.
- Your given sentence is awkward by US standards (British usage might differ).
- You would generally not say it this way in (US) English.
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I'm a native English speaker in the US, and I've never seen the words "firstly" and "secondly" used as standalone nouns, let alone as standalone plural nouns. Your given sentence is awkward by US standards (British usage might differ). You would generally not say it this way in (US) English. In the US, you might see something like:
"In my writing I frequently - and to a fault - use the
"In my writing I frequently - and to a fault - use the
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