ex. OS (Operative System) in PLURAL
English translation: OS or OSs
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| 4 +3 | OS or OSs |
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peer agreement (net): +3OS or OSs Explanation: The below will break down the various considerations based on the Amglish (American English/US language/American language), and English language (British English/England language). :) OS = Operating System (Example Sentences = Microsoft Windows XP is an operating system. Microsoft Windows XP is an OS. This operating system is not free. This OS is not free.) OSs = Operating Systems (Example Sentence = There are many operating systems in the world; such as DOS, Atari, Macintosh, Unix, Centos, Windows 8, and many dozens more, if not hundreds. There are many OSs in the world.) OS's references something belonging to a single operating system. OSs would correctly reflect proper grammar for a plural abbreviation of operating systems. Know that you will find OS being used as a plural form too; such as "some of these OS are no longer being supported". Based on the above logic, it is preferred to be "some of these OSs are no longer being supported". For the rest: Use apostrophes for plurals of abbreviations that have capital letters and periods: M.D.'s, C.P.A.'s. Also use apostrophes for plurals formed from single letters: He received A's and B's on his report card. Hope this helps a little bit. :) |
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