Commas

[Tortington]

At work we refer to job roles by initials

there can be lots of people in same job role

so when refering collectivly to these people

how does it write?

lets say i am refering to a group of Senior Finance Officers

would that be SFO's or SFOs' or SFOs

?

am thinking looking at Pedants' corner title ( a collective of Pedants

[Dior]

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[HuwEdwards]

SFOs

no comma

and no comma in title.

Comma when you omit a letter e.g. it's a rainy day, or when you are denoting ownership e.g. The Womens' Institute.

[HuwEdwards]

oh feck, yes of course it's an apostrophe.

[Dior]

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[missblythe]

SFOs.

It's just a plural, so apple becomes apples, melon becomes melons. (Well, not in my local greengrocer's shop...)

You see?

[Tortington]

thats what i mant - apostrophes - sorry - i do at least know that - fuck wit moment hiding mini MN screen at work

[Tortington]

thank you

its all clear

you are all lovley here in pedants' corner - i don't believe what the other Mnetters say for a minute

[KarenThirl]

This has nothing to do with commas or apostrophes but wanted to share.

Dh's work uses initials for job titles too. A few years ago there was a Business Unit Manager called Simon Platz, who was affectionately known to all as BUMSPLATZ.

It's probably more amusing after a couple of glasses. I'll get me coat.

[Tortington]

So it's Pedants' corner becuase it belongs to you not becuase its a plural?

if it was a plural it would be Pedants

yes?

[Dior]

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[Dior]

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[missblythe]

Yes.

If you had bumper sticks on your car that said "I Love Pedants", there would be no need need for an apostrophe, because it's just a regular plural.

But the corner BELONGS to the pedants, so it is Pedants' Corner.

See?

[HuwEdwards]

it's Pedants' corner becuase it belongs to you AND becuase its a plural

It would be Mary's coat and Daphne's knickers (note no aprostrophe in knickers)

It would be Custardo's post (there's only 1 Custardo but denoting ownership.

[Iklboo]

A server where I used to work was call S1EXCHANGE - I wasn't the only one who used to read is as 'sex change'

And, yes, it's SFOs, CDs, DVDs etc

[Tortington]

ty muchly - you are a kindly bunch

mwwwwwwwwwa

[PuppyMonkey]

Karen re Bumsplatz