8 859 disc punctuation several postings recently decrying use apostrophes make english plural form e g dyslexic sonata well looks like possessive rather plural would misleading used mean plural far know nouns apostrophes mean plurals except odd cases problem separating symbols nt cases since ordinary words e anglicized borrowings long since integrated english susan ervin tripp tel 510 6427137 psychology department fax 510 6425293 university california ervintr cogsci berkeley edu berkeley ca 94720