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It has always been my understanding that acronyms should not be
pluralized. The acronym stands for the same thing in both forms,
singular or plural.
If I had to choose between the two options you gave, I would use the
single lowercase s.
Bev Parks
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jill Clay [SMTP:Jill_Clay -at- ARBORSOFT -dot- COM]
> I'm a technical editor (fairly new at it). An issue that has come up
> is:
> How do you pluralize, for example, RDBMS (relational DB management
> system)?
> I'm talking about pluralizing the acronym itself.
> Some style guides I've consulted say you must use "es" to pluralize
> any
> word ending in "s."
>
> In short: is it RDBMSes, or RDBMSs?
> Please reply to me (also to the list, if you like) because I need
> feedback
> ASAP, but I only get the TECHWR digest once a day.
>
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