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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Use of apostrophes
When you write "dos and don'ts", should there be an apostrophe after do, so it is written"do's and don'ts"
This doesn't make sense to me, as it is plural not possessive!
This doesn't make sense to me, as it is plural not possessive!
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This one made me think! A quick search on Google yields a lot of results for both forms of the phrase. com/dictionary/do_3 It would appear that "dos and don'ts" is technically correct, as it is plural of "do".
- This one made me think!
- A quick search on Google yields a lot of results for both forms of the phrase.
- com/dictionary/do_3 It would appear that "dos and don'ts" is technically correct, as it is plural of "do".
- "Do's" would be possessive, or a contraction of "do is" (etc).
- In common usage, however, "do's and don'ts" appears to be acceptable.
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This one made me think! A quick search on Google yields a lot of results for both forms of the phrase.
The best I can tell you from something "official" is from the Oxford Advanced Learners dictionary, which gives the idiom:
dos and don'ts - (also do's and don'ts) (informal) rules that you should follow
See:
The best I can tell you from something "official" is from the Oxford Advanced Learners dictionary, which gives the idiom:
dos and don'ts - (also do's and don'ts) (informal) rules that you should follow
See:
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