[stylist] Question: writing about the letters of the alphabet

[Julie J.]

If it's in dialog, I think you could write it anyway that feels right.  
Often the grammar, spelling and usage within quotes is incorrect, but 
correctly reflects the speaker.  Do you know what I mean?

Julie

On 1/23/2013 3:04 PM, Donna Hill wrote:
> Julie,
> That's my memory as well, but it doesn't seem right if you're referring
> specifically to a lower case letter. If it weren't dialog, I could use the
> term "lower case" to clarify it, but I can't imagine my 14-year-old, shy
> character using that.
> Donna
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> I don't know about the correct way to do it, but when I could read print I
> remember it being presented as the capital letter with apostrophe s even if
> it was plural and not possessive.
>
> HTH
> Julie
> On 1/23/2013 2:20 PM, Donna Hill wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> OK, how do you put it in print when you're talking about the letters
>> of the alphabet? For instance, "When I write a g, bla, bla, bla. Or if
>> it were plural, "When I write my gs, ..." I'm looking for what is
>> considered proper grammar/spelling. I've considered having the letter
>> in italics, placing an apostrophe before it and, in the case of a
>> plural, gs would seem more correct than using an apostrophe between
>> the letters -- g's -- because it's not either possessive or a
>> contraction. Jaws likes the apostrophe, however, in terms of
>> pronunciation. Anyway, if anyone has a source for the standard for
>> this, please let me know. I haven't gotten anywhere Googling it, and I
> can't find it in any of the style books I have.
>> Thanks,
>> Donna
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