http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aApostrophes+tag%3aTSESearch results for 'tag:Apostrophes tag:TSE' matching tags 'Apostrophes' and 'TSE'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3256.36449)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PunctuationDash/clghv/post.htm#222942Sat, 06 May 2006 08:31:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222942Mister Micawber<br>A is an interesting one, Hela.&nbsp; Dashes are presumably casual colons, and I find the same problem with both of them.&nbsp; If it looks too awkward or unclear, I recast as an unpunctuated clause.<br><br>B-- This is one of the special cases in which you are permitted to use an apostrophe to make a plural; it seems evident that <b><i>ts </i></b>would be taken at face value otherwise (as in<i> tsetse fly</i>).&nbsp; Personally, I would say <i>the t is doubled in French</i>, and avoid the awkward formation.<br><br>