RE: Question

["McDonald, Guy A." <Guy -dot- A -dot- McDonald -at- conoco -dot- com>]

LOL!

Yes -- we live in a world where inanimate objects hold possession. What next
... the Ebonic Style Guide for Technical Communicators?

Somehow I fail to grasp this concept.

,-)

Guy
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Margulis [mailto:margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net]

This is an example of a style choice. The general consensus of editors used
to be that this was the way to treat simple plurals of  abbreviations. AM's
and PM's, DT's, etc.'s, et al.'s, and so on. The general consensus has now
swung toward eliminating the apostrophe.
~~~~~~~
>I have a question concerning grammar.  When I see PCs in some documentation
>or on signs, I often see it in the plural possessive form - PC's - when
it's
>not in the possessive.

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