Answer: plural letters

[green_grrl]

mirankos wants to know "How do you write out the plural of an alphabetic letter?" That is an excellent question! The answer is bad news or good news, depending upon whether you prefer your grammar prescriptive (with hard and fast rules) or not.

Comments

[snailbones]

Thank you. It's something which varies so much it's hard to know what the rules are :D

[green_grrl]

I'm not sure if it makes it harder or easier that there's no one rule! The only real rules are: Don't confuse the reader as to whether it's a letter or a word, and be consistent.

[ariestess]

Interesting! Thanks for this info!

[green_grrl]

I'm glad it's helpful!

[pathology_doc]

I wish more people (in all walks of life, not just fic) would remember that this is the exception to the rule that apostrophe ≠ plural.

Nice post!

[green_grrl]

The fact that there are any plurals at all formed with an apostrophe might have gotten the whole hideous ball rolling. :-(

But I'm glad this post works for you!

[haldoor]

The consistency rule helps clarify so many things! Thanks for this; it is good to understand why this one is so different from other plurals. Now if only some of idiots out there could realise that whole no apostrophe thing with plurals, it'd be grand!

[green_grrl]

There are so many fiddle-y little rules, but people still get the big ones wrong!

[manuscriptedit]

This is a really good read for me.I like the way you describe all the things and the examples.Thanks.

[green_grrl]

I'm glad it helped!