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Posted By: Viggo lover on 2007-12-16
In Reply to: Thank you for reaffirming this for me! nm - Becky
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MTs - no apostrophe
8. The plurals of single capital letters, acronyms, and Arabic numerals (1,2,3,...) take an -s WITHOUT an apostrophe:
- Z (the capital letter Z)--Zs
- UPC (Universal Product Code)--UPCs
- ATM (Automatic Teller Machine)--ATMs
- GUI (Graphical User Interface)--GUIs
- 3 (the Arabic numeral 3)--3s
Well, if it is 5 Cs, don't use the apostrophe.
It does not belong since the C is a capital letter.
No apostrophe ... and remember -- SM
if you are typing a VERBATIM account you cannot just decide to type "Metzenbaum scissors" in place of "Metzenbaums".
Your dictator is using a plural form, not possessive for this particular instrument.
BTW, its MTs. It doesn't need an apostrophe
Sorry, pet peeve. I just feel this is something all MTs should know since it is our job to know proper grammar.
The professional MTs on this board, or any other for that matter, aren't going to discuss what they make. You might get an honest answer here and there, but you're asking on an Internet message board, for Heaven's sake. People are going to stretch the truth for the most part.
Actually, 8 cpl isn't that great of a wage so you aren't going to see any impressive figures at 8 cpl unless the person works around the clock and has no other life but MT.
Looks like e + Ctrl + ' (apostrophe). nm
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An apostrophe is and was correct....
to use to form the plural of numbers, LETTERS (MT's), signs (+'s), etc. AAMT is not the be all to end all....
Page 9 BOS - apostrophe would be incorrect in MTs
plurals
Use a lowercase s without an apostrophe to form the plural of capitalized
abbreviations, acronyms, and brief forms.
EEGs
PVCs
CABGs
exams
Use ’s to form the plural of lowercase abbreviations.
rbc’s
Use ’s to form the plural of single-letter abbreviations.
X’s
Omit apostrophe and it looks good
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possessive genetiv needs apostrophe
Only the possessive genetiv asks for an apostrophe:
my father's hat
my cild's teacher
the mothers' children (plural)
the children's shoes
etc...
nine years ago is the simple plural
I think the apostrophe is completely wrong, sm
My docs routinely say "cardiac point of view" and I certainly wouldn't put "cardiac's point of view." Nor would I say "cancer's point of view", so why would you put the colon cancer's point of view. Just because it's difficult sounding, I don't think an apostrophe would be appropriate at all. We're not personifying the cancer here, the doc is just stating that from the standpoint of the patient's colon cancer...etc.
apostrophe's are out in eponyms unless client specifies otherwise.nm
nm
Here are rules from grammarbook.com and it agrees with BOS on the caps with apostrophe
Rule 8 The plurals for capital letters and numbers used as nouns are not formed with apostrophes.
Examples
She consulted with three M.D.s.
BUT
She went to three M.D.s' offices.
The apostrophe is needed here to show plural possessive.
She learned her ABCs.
the 1990s not the 1990's
the '90s or the mid-'70s not the '90's or the mid-'70's
She learned her times tables for 6s and 7s.
Exception: If the apostrophe is needed to avoid confusion, use it and be consistent within a sentence.
Example: Her 0's and 6's looked similar.
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