• Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Folks should just remember that apostrophes are never used to pluralize. Of course there are like 2 exceptions, but better to be right 98 times out of 100 than guess every time.

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        4 months ago

        And even the exception is pretty rare: you use ’ when pluralizing a lower-case letter. For instance, “There are two i’s in pluralizing.” The reason is obvious: you could wind up creating a different and confusing word. But how often do you even need to do that?

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          4 months ago

          That and, depending on the stylebook you use, some specific words and uppercase letters that could be considered confusing when pluralized, like “Oakland A’s” and “Do’s and Don’ts” (according to AP, while I much prefer Chicago’s guidelines).

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    To be fair those ages were set when the comic book culture was a lot more light hearted. They did get aged up to ~approx 16 when becoming Robin when they rebooted the franchise to address this. Still not ok, but they did try to address it without alienating the older fans.