"Photo's"
Is NOT the plural of "Photo".
( MatJ LOOK, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 19:54, 27 replies)

It is actually
the apostrophe denotes the contraction of the full word photographs to photo's

It's a common mistake to think the ' is rogue
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Tue 20 Jul 2010, 20:02, closed)

actually, it's
photos's's's's's's''sss's's's
( weaver., Tue 20 Jul 2010, 20:25, closed)

Only if you want to be pedantic about it.

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Tue 20 Jul 2010, 20:44, closed)

This is all...
...off topic.

no
(CADmonkey rollllllllled another one, just like the other one, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 21:43, closed)

Agreed.
"photo's" is a contraction of "photographs".
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 21:23, closed)

Then MatJ is right...
if it's not the plural of photo and is the contraction of photographs...
(Mr._Pickles, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 21:46, closed)

hrm...
I see three possibilities...

1) "Photo's" is a contraction, in which case the aposrophe is correct
2) "Photo's" is the plural of the abbreviation "photo", in which case the apostrophe is correct
3) bollocks, "photo" is used often enough to be considered a word in its own right, and the correct pluralisation is therefore "photos".


Dictionaries seem to go with the latter, but I reckon there's an argument to be made for any of the above.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 22:07, closed)

eh?
You don't use an apostrophe to denote a plural. Is this a pedantry trap?
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:01, closed)

sort of :)
you can, in fact, use an apostrophe when pluralising an abbreviation. Otherwise, you're quite right - it's a horrible habit for which a special circle in hell is rightfully reserved.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 20:41, closed)

And yet people do not now use 'phone.
Damned punctuation cropping up and not cropping up.
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 22:19, closed)

I was taught to use
an apostrophe in front of 'bus but I doubt anyone else does any more.

I recall being taught this as I asked the teacher what 'bus was short for but she didn't know. All she knew was it should have a apostrophe in front of it.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Tue 20 Jul 2010, 23:12, closed)

omnibus , but I suspect you knew that...

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 23:44, closed)

Which, roughly translated from the Latin
means 'for all'.

Because a bus isn't just for the driver.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 8:18, closed)

I did know that now
But I suspect if I started to put an apostrophe infront phone, photo and fridge then I would just get looked at funny.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 21 Jul 2010, 20:21, closed)

The trouble is that it seems to be used in the style of a possesive which it Most Certainly Is Not.
And contractions are a matter of style and 'photo's' grates on me. Greengrocer's, innit?
( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 0:09, closed)

then surely
the singular of photo's should be photo'.
(Smale is stuffed, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 4:33, closed)

Ooh
Edit: Hold on. I think you only use an apostrophe for a contraction if the missing letters are in the middle of the word. I've never seen photo' or pro' as the singular for photograph or professional, so you wouldn't add one to make a plural I don't think. It'd be interesting to find a proper source which states it either way though.

"Strawberry's" is a better example of one that I see a lot.
(Cloudane, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:40, closed)

I think you're right
I was pulling Matj's leg.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Wed 21 Jul 2010, 18:22, closed)

'photo' and 'pro' are not contractions - they're abbreviations. Different rules. Abbreviations can use the apostrophe when made plural.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 20:51, closed)

Photoes
dumbasses
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 3:33, closed)

Mr Quayle, how nice to see you here. Have you been busy since you left the vice presidency?
(IHaveComeAmongThee__Twice Tissues on the left. Self-esteem on the right., Wed 21 Jul 2010, 5:59, closed)

Photi?

(kitescreech still here, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 8:01, closed)

Photopodi

(itisi shhh, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 10:01, closed)

It seems to be a selective process.
No-one says they play the 'cello any more, but some people still talk about catching the 'flu.

Gone are the days of the talented bo's'n playing the 'cello and the piano' on the fo'c's'le.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 9:41, closed)

Photi
FOOLS

Shit, been done. Nothing to see here.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 10:28, closed)

So...
On the one hand, "photo's" seems appropriate if it's a contraction.
On the other hand, "photos" seems to be common usage as photo is now a word in its own right.
On the gripping hand, PHOTOGRAPHS STEAL YOUR SOUL.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 13:19, closed)

excellent
Niven Reference there.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 21 Jul 2010, 13:36, closed)