[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: grammar points (was question for Amanda)

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

Hi --

tanwo at hotmail.com wrote:

> How do people feel about -
>
>       Ps and Qs
>
> Is -
>
>       P's and Q's
>
> preferable? Note that the P & Q are in capitals. The apostrophe
> clearly makes sense (IMHO) if the p & q are lowercase.

Ps and Qs  -- according to Chicago Manual of Style 6.16 (which happens
to be sitting at my fingertips at the moment ....)

> And
>
>       Remus's wand
>
> Or
>
>       Remus' wand

Remus's wand -- singular possessive.

Penny
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