>"Use the apostrophe and s to form the plural of lower case letters and of >abbreviations followed by periods. When needed to prevent confusion, use >the apostrophe and s to form the plural of capital letters, of >abbreviations not following by periods, and of words referred to as words. > >[examples] >a's, th's, p.s.'s, Ph.D.'s, P.O.W.'s >His I's are illegible, and his loss's look like lass's. > [NOT Is, losss, or lasss] > >Either 's or s may be used to form such plurals as the following: > >the 1970's OR the 1970s >two B's OR two Bs >her and's OR her ands >his 7's OR his 7s >the &'s OR the &s >the VFW's OR the VFWs" Apostrophes in plurals are misleading, confusing, messy and totally unnecessary.
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