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    Totally unrelated to the thread, but why the hell do people keep using apostrophes in their plurals? It's... so stupid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Answa View Post
    Totally unrelated to the thread, but why the hell do people keep using apostrophes in their plurals? It's... so stupid.
    I don't know about some people but when a word is weird or when I'm using acronyms in plural the apostrophe helps people recognise where the plural comes in to play.

    multiple linkshells for instance- lss vs ls's (just a visual thing, less to do with grammar)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Volsung View Post
    I don't know about some people but when a word is weird or when I'm using acronyms in plural the apostrophe helps people recognise where the plural comes in to play.

    multiple linkshells for instance- lss vs ls's (just a visual thing, less to do with grammar)
    I mean something like this:

    Meme's are funny, but there is a bit of a curve on them.

    Now what would be hilarious is a lengthy side quest revolving around a series of story's about chocobo's aimed at young to teen age eorzean girls.
    I think it's pretty much mandatory for acronyms to have apostrophes in their plural form (though I rarely do that, I would write LSs). It's mostly native speakers, too. Is there a brain thing of which I'm not aware that makes people write this way? O.o
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    Quote Originally Posted by Answa View Post
    I mean something like this:



    I think it's pretty much mandatory for acronyms to have apostrophes in their plural form (though I rarely do that, I would write LSs). It's mostly native speakers, too. Is there a brain thing of which I'm not aware that makes people write this way? O.o
    I do that a lot don't I? Don't know why to be honest.
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