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Shedridt Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Stumped by abbreviations when plural
I write financial plans & have been in mortal struggle with the Individual Retirement Account, generally referred to as the IRA. When plural is it IRA's or IRAs? I have fought for the latter but seem to be losing. Should I die on this hill?
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If you must. Most sources say that an apostrophe should be reserved only for possessives, and I agree. 'IRAs' is quite clearly plural, where 'My IRA's term is 18 months' could be confusing if not automatically considered possessive.
- If you must.
- Most sources say that an apostrophe should be reserved only for possessives, and I agree.
- 'IRAs' is quite clearly plural, where 'My IRA's term is 18 months' could be confusing if not automatically considered possessive.
- Having said that, I do diverge if, upon typing it, it looks confusing without an apostrophe, as in the classic 'there are five a's in abracadabra'.
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If you must. Most sources say that an apostrophe should be reserved only for possessives, and I agree. 'IRAs' is quite clearly plural, where 'My IRA's term is 18 months' could be confusing if not automatically considered possessive.
Having said that, I do diverge if, upon typing it, it looks confusing without an apostrophe, as in the classic 'there are five a's in abracadabra'.
Having said that, I do diverge if, upon typing it, it looks confusing without an apostrophe, as in the classic 'there are five a's in abracadabra'.
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