On Wed, 4 Dec 2013 15:49:43 -0500 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@apache.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Keith N. McKenna > > <keith.mcke...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > >> Change CDs to CD's. > >> > > > > Why? > > OK. I've always wondered about this myself, so I looked it up. It > looks like there are various guidelines, but generally the aim is to > avoid confusing the user. One style guideline (New York Times) says > to use the apostrophe in cases where an acronym uses periods, but not > otherwise. So M.D.'s, but CDs. > > http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/faqs-on-style/?_r=0 > > -Rob Look up Greengrocer's apostrope. The ' indicates possive case, or abbreviation of is or has (but not in this case) John's trousers (= the trousers of John) John's gone home (= John has gone home) -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
