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Believer Posted 20 years ago
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putting the apostrophe to make it a possessive

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00I am not so sure why one would have an apostrophe and why one would not when they are being made as a plural noun.02br
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00Don't put to many and's.02br
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00Don't drink too much gins (or gin's??) (I don't drink.)02br
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00I have some dos and don'ts02br
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00Don't eat too many apples. 0-
  

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0 Logically you should never put an apostrophe for making a plural, but in the examples "and" and "do" are quoted words and sometimes here it's felt that an apostrophe is necessary for reasons of pronunciation. ". 0-

— J Lewis

  • 0 Logically you should never put an apostrophe for making a plural, but in the examples "and" and "do" are quoted words and sometimes here it's felt that an apostrophe is necessary for reasons of pronunciation.
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0 Logically you should never put an apostrophe for making a plural, but in the examples "and" and "do" are quoted words and sometimes here it's felt that an apostrophe is necessary for reasons of pronunciation. I think there's no problem with "ands", but with "dos" there might be a temptation to pronounce it as "doss", so "do's" would make it clearer (although in the phrase "dos and don'ts" it's
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