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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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Ah, I see. Thanks for the info.
I suppose I should now stop sending hate-filled PMs to posters who do that, then.
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But when the abbreviation forms a new word, you don't use an apostrophe, hence "lasers", not "laser's".
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So what about LCDs? As in, "That LCD's display is not quite as sharp as those other LCDs."
Or should it be, "That LCD's display is not quite as sharp as those other LCD's"?