Dear experts How to abbreviate the plural form of the word 'century', that is, 'centuries' ? For example, is this correct: '18th-19th cc." ? I'm asking this question because I'm not able to find any abbreviation

I never use an apostrophe with these abbreviations, unless it would cause confusion without the apostrophe, e.g. when the abbreviation is a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters. So the following plural forms look OK to me: CDs, DVDs,

Dear friend, for singular names ending in -s, the regular genitive is usual: Davis's , Charles's . Sometimes these nouns are treated as if they were plural: Davis' , Charles' - in this case the ending -s is still pronounced even

Hi CB, Thanks for pointing out the spelling thing! I think it comes from my native language, where we write " socio-economico " or " socio-economica " (depending on whether the adjective qualifies a masculine or feminine noun

Hello all, Here are my two bits. Holland is not quite a nickname. Industry and, especially, a brewer of beer in green bottles have long been promoting the misnomer "Holland" because it saves some time and ink. They even use it as an

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True, Anonymous! Pluralized acronyms should not use apostrophes. As an experienced English Tutor/Mentor, apostrophes are used in possession of & in contractions (i.e., Jane's cat won't eat fish.) To place an apostrophe after an acronym or

Hi loonloka, A sentence isn't true or false, it's either correct or incorrect. Sometimes it can be correct, but not very natural. 1. Gregg’s leaving his clothes around the house made his mother angry. Okay 2. LaTasha

No apostrophe is needed as got is a verb. The title is ungrammatical or informal - whichever word you prefer. In correct English: The Lakes Have Got Talent. CB

Hi there. We are doing a talent show in an area called "The Lakes" and we are calling it "The Lakes Got Talent." Should we use an apostrophe? If so where should it be places? Thank you for the help.