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Originally Posted by afa
By the way, can someone confirm the correct way to write the plural form of an abbreviation? I see a lot of people write things like "LCD's" or something similar when they are referring to many instances of that subject. Is my natural inclination (that it should be "LCDs") correct? Or are abbreviated words another exception to the "apostrophe 's' denotes possession" rule?
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According to most style guides, using an apostrophe to form the plural of non-words, initials, and abbreviations, is acceptable. Thus "CD's", "mind your p's and q's", "LCD's", etc, are all fine. But when the abbreviation forms a new word, you don't use an apostrophe, hence "lasers", not "laser's".