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24.7 euro, the internet Euro and
internet are found both with (i.e.
Euro, the Internet ) and without
initial capitalization . 24.6 acronyms All the letters of acronyms (
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) have capital letters
. A.
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25.1 apostrophes (’) 1. The main use of the apostrophe is to form the genitive (
2
). The only other use is if you want to make it clear to the reader how a word is constructed.
2. Do not use an apostrophe to make Acronyms and dates plural.
3. Contracted forms are not generally used in research manuscripts.
YES NOT RECOMMENDED 1
In my email I cc’d the coauthors who all have
PhD’s . In my email I
ccd the coauthors who all have
PhDs . cc’d =
carbon copied 1 A common mistake with the word aardvark is to forget that it begins with two
A’s . A common mistake with the word aardvark is to forget that it begins with two
As .
2
We bought six PCs . We bought six
PC’s .
2 Our institute was founded in the
198
0s . Our institute was founded in the 198
0’s .
3
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