Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 09:21:17PM +0100, Philip Blundell wrote: >> >No, we aren't talking about nouns, we are talking about >> >acronyms. The above does not pertain to this use. >> >> An acronym is still a noun. (And "80s" isn't an acroynm, anyway.) > >It's used as a noun, but the same rules do not apply, at least from >what I remember from the english textbooks.
My wife has a Master's in English and works as a technical editor. She assures me the rule does apply to acronyms. The possessive form should have the apostrophe, the plural should not. - Jim Van Zandt