[stylist] Writing about letters of alphabet

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Nowadays, the rules aren't hard and fast all the time. In this case of
pluralizing letters, I don't think there's a true right or wrong. I
agree with Eve that an upper-case letter followed by a lower-case s is
best, and I think visually it looks better.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:16:54 -0800
From: Eve Sanchez <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Question: writing about the letters of the
	alphabet
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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