I love being picky, although I rarely do so in public. Actually, CD's
would be correct, since CD is an acronym, and to denote that "isc" part of
"discs" is missing, you would use an apostrophe to replace the missing
words. Much like IDM would be IDM's, although if the acronym becomes a
word, the apostrophe is usually dropped (so it'd just be idms, like scubas
or something)
Of course, then it comes down to a matter of style, where some professions
prefer using "incorrect" spelling and grammar for various purposes (for
example, in a series of 3 or more, you're supposed to put a comma before
the last "and," yet in journalism, that last comma is regularly left out
(so, it's supposed to be Aphex, Autechre, and BoC, instead of Aphex,
Autechre and BoC, although a journalist would use the latter)).
On 28 Feb 2001, jacob@gridface.com wrote:
quoted 1 line I hate to add to this thread, but as long as you're being picky, it
> I hate to add to this thread, but as long as you're being picky, it
should
quoted 22 lines be "CD" for the singular, "CDs" for the plural. Apostrophes denote
> be "CD" for the singular, "CDs" for the plural. Apostrophes denote
> possession rather than pluralization.
>
> Jacob
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> singular: cd
> plural: cd's
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