[Sussex] New Flyer for the BCF

[Geoffrey J. Teale]

David Chapman <linux-lists at ntlworld.com> writes:

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>  in most PC bought today.
>  	in most PC's bought today.


There is a rogue apostrophe there.  It should be "PCs"
not "PC's".  Because:

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Forming plurals of lowercase letters

Apostrophes are used to form plurals of letters that appear in
lowercase; here the rule appears to be more typographical than
grammatical, e.g. "three ps" versus "three p's." To form the plural of
a lowercase letter, place 's after the letter. It is incorrect to add
apostrophes indicating a plural on capitalized letters, numbers, and
symbols. Here are some examples:

    p's and q's = a phrase indicating politeness, possibly from "mind
    your pleases and thank yous"?

        Nita's mother constantly stressed minding one's p's and q's.

    three Macintosh G4s = three of the Macintosh model G4

        There are two G4s currently used in the writing classroom.

    many &s = many ampersands

        That printed page has too many &s on it.

    the 1960s = the years in decade from 1960 to 1969

        The 1960s were a time of great social unrest.

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Geoff Teale
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