On Wed, 4 Dec 2013 22:05:08 +0000 Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote:
> 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) Should read 'possessive' I was being heckled by Real Life in the middle of correcting a sticky 's' key and hit Send too soon. > > 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
