I'm a little confused;
Dictionary.com says:
I would normally consider an apostrophe in "the 80's" as correct (as in the nineteen eighties), and an apostrophe in CPU's (plural of CPU) as incorrect, but those two websites listed above have conflicting views.
Which is correct?
Dictionary.com says:
But The Apostrophe Protection Society says:The superscript sign ( ' ) used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.
3. Apostrophes are NEVER ever used to denote plurals!
...
- MOT's at this garage which should read MOTs at this garage
- 1000's of bargains here! which should read 1000s of bargains here!
I would normally consider an apostrophe in "the 80's" as correct (as in the nineteen eighties), and an apostrophe in CPU's (plural of CPU) as incorrect, but those two websites listed above have conflicting views.
Which is correct?