TIPS ON WRITING

August 30, 2007

 

  Tips on Writing

 

 

 

      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. To form the plural of a lowercase letter, place ‘s after the letter. There is no need for apostrophes indicating a plural on capitalized letters, numbers, and symbols although some still prefer them.

 

 

Example:

 

 

Three Macintosh G4s= three of the Macintosh model G4

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

 

 

                                    Instead of: The Home in your Heart is founded by the                                                Topping sisters, namely Agnes and Matilda who resided in                                       the Wigan Area sometime in the 1920’s

 

                        Consider: The Home in your Heart is founded by the             Topping sisters, namely Agnes and Matilda who resided in     the Wigan Area sometime in the 1920s

 

 

                        Instead of: In 1850′s, the great age of British railway   building was taking place in India, Argentina and Brazil,     financed entirely by British capital

 

 

                        Consider: In 1850s, the great age of British railway     building was taking place in India, Argentina and Brazil,     financed entirely by British capital

 

 

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