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

[Eve Sanchez]

Interesting question. I do not know if there is a rule about this or not. I
do know that I have a personal preference as I have actually thought of
this before. (Great minds...). Well, I like to capitalize the letter
referenced and then when pluralizing I add a lower case S. For example it
would be Gs when two or a singular G.Waiting to see if there is a rule on
this though I may end up ignoring it anyways. Eve

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Donna Hill <penatwork at epix.net> 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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