[stylist] Writing letters of alphabet

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

This is very helpful. Thanks.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:35:18 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Question: writing about the letters of the
	alphabet
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I was able to find this... hope it helps in some  way.
 
Overview: Add s alone in most cases
Details: Form the plural of a single  character (except 0, 1, M, and the

vowels a, e, i, o, u, A, E, I, O, and U) by  adding s alone. Adding s
alone to 
form the plural of these exceptions produces  combinations that could be

confused with words or common abbreviations (Is, as,  Ms, and us).
Because of 
this, the plurals of 0 and 1 should be either spelled  out as zeros and 
ones, or formed by adding an apostrophe and an s (0's and 1's).  The
plurals of 
a, e, i, o, u, A, E, I, M, O, and U should be formed by adding an  
apostrophe andan s (a's, e's, M's, and so on).If a sentence that refers
to  plurals 
of letters includes one of the exceptions, use a consistent
treatment.Spell 
out plural numbers that are part of the name of a complement,  such as
ones 
complement or twos complement.