No, since typos is plaural, not possessive
Cocodaye Miasere likes chips and peas,
Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:51,
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'typos is plaural'! Hahahaha! you kill me . . .
Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?,
Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:52,
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Dont mind if I do*bides time*
I knew I should have checked spelling before posting in a pedant post
(I knew I should have checked spelling before posting in a pedant post
Cocodaye Miasere likes chips and peas,
Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:55,
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But...Surely the apostrophe could be there to indicate that it is abbreviated...
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Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:53,
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yes, that's what I meant . . .after all 'that's' is an abbreviation of 'that is'
( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?,
Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:54,
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But in that sensethe apostrophe indicates a missing letter in the body of a contraction.
'typo' has just had letters lopped off the end, in the same way that 'stereo' or 'radio' have, and hence doesn't merit one.
/geek
('typo' has just had letters lopped off the end, in the same way that 'stereo' or 'radio' have, and hence doesn't merit one.
/geek
grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre,
Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:57,
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But the appostrophe is to show there is a letter (or sometimes 2)missing between words. For example, Im going t'pub
( Cocodaye Miasere likes chips and peas,
Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:57,
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yeahI was just backing you up - as is this webpage:
Plural and Possessive Abbreviations
The formation of plurals and possessives is usually pretty straightforward, except in the case of abbreviations and acronyms. The following rules should help.
To form the plural of an abbreviation, a number, or a capital letter used as a noun, simply add an 's' to the end.
* A group of MPs
* The late 1940s
* Mind your Ps and Qs
To form the plural of an abbreviation with periods, a lowercase letter used as a noun, and abbreviations or capital letters that would be ambiguous or confusing if the 's' alone were added, use an apostrophe and an 's'.
* A group of M.P.'s (see note below)
* The x's in the equation
* Sending SOS's
Edit: I just reread that - and it kinda shows the other way is right...
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Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:58,
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Plural and Possessive Abbreviations
The formation of plurals and possessives is usually pretty straightforward, except in the case of abbreviations and acronyms. The following rules should help.
To form the plural of an abbreviation, a number, or a capital letter used as a noun, simply add an 's' to the end.
* A group of MPs
* The late 1940s
* Mind your Ps and Qs
To form the plural of an abbreviation with periods, a lowercase letter used as a noun, and abbreviations or capital letters that would be ambiguous or confusing if the 's' alone were added, use an apostrophe and an 's'.
* A group of M.P.'s (see note below)
* The x's in the equation
* Sending SOS's
Edit: I just reread that - and it kinda shows the other way is right...
Er, nurse...? NURSE!;)
( grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre,
Tue 27 Sep 2005, 12:54,
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