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Originally Posted by letmeknow0210
So, then the question is...should the apostrophe be used or not?
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An apostrophe indicates either the possessive or the omission of letters in a contraction. It
can be acceptable to use it to indicate a plural
if (and
only if) doing so avoids confusion; primarily, this occurs with the plurals of lower-case letters, as in "mind your p's and q's" or "dot all your i's and cross all your t's." (Otherwise,
i's would look like
is.) While it could also happen with the situation angels&angles mentioned if "As [A's]" comes at the beginning of a sentence, the capital A in the middle of a sentence should be enough to avoid confusion.
There is no risk of misunderstanding or misreading with a heart symbol. Use of an apostrophe in that case reads "heart's" (or "love's").
So no, the apostrophe should not be used. . . at least not by people who are in the process of getting a college education. Be the chapter that knows better.
