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Thread #108717   Message #2266716
Posted By: GUEST,weerover
19-Feb-08 - 04:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: Apostrophe Question???
Subject: RE: BS: Apostrophe Question???
According to several authorities, there is one occasion when an apostrophe is put before a pluralising "s", and that is with the word "do", in the UK usage as a noun meaning a social gathering, as it would otherwise look a bit weird. This works for me (a high school teacher of English), and by extension I suppose it should apply also to "hairdo".

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