Originally Posted by tanstaafl:
“Very true. My number one rule when ranting about spelling is to ensure that both of the S's are present in 'misspelled'.
And to broaden the appeal of this thread, I would claim that S's is correct but that CD's is wrong - it should be CDs.”
“Very true. My number one rule when ranting about spelling is to ensure that both of the S's are present in 'misspelled'.

And to broaden the appeal of this thread, I would claim that S's is correct but that CD's is wrong - it should be CDs.”
The first one is definitely wrong, although I'd get round it by saying 'both instances of the letter S'.

In theory you might try to make a valid argument for CD's, but that soon falls down because it would then have to be C'D's




