On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Howard Brazee wrote: > Using capitalization to indicate a plural such as "CDs" is relatively new. > Using the apostrophe is pretty old and well established. Um, what? Capitalisation does not indicate a plural, and I never said it did. Capitalisation indicates an acronym, as in CD for Compact Disc or ATM for Automated Teller Machine. Using an apostrophe-s to indicate a plural is neither old nor well established, and mere commonality of usage is not some sort of lapis philosophorum that renders the incorrect correct. pe "the kid's took both car's to shop for grocery's" indeed