> But at the risk of igniting debate on English usage, I'd have to say that > I'd reject the CV of anyone who uses _CV's_ (or _CD's_, _TV's_ etc.) instead > of _CVs_. > ... I'm a firm believer > that professional writers shouldn't give a potential employer any reason to > reject their CV on spellos, typos or incorrect usage. Calling it "incorrect" is going a bit far, I think. I prefer to omit the apostrophe, too, but some British and Australian usage guides still prefer to insert it. Only in US English is the practice widely deprecated in style guides. -- Mike West Melbourne ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************