8 836 disc punctuation several postings recently decrying use apostrophes make english plural form e g dyslexic sonata grounds held bad english like everyone else learnt school apostrophe used english plurals except exceptional cases like numerals letters 1990 three last usage seems gone fashion recently apostrophes practice widely used sorts plural forms seem long history use least foreign unusual words noticed apostrophised plurals facsimiles several seventeenth century books recently exactly grounds condemning usage john phillips