Mike, To which usage guides are you referring? There are only two instances where you'd use an apostrophe - to indicate possessives and omitted letters. Since _CV's_ is a plural, it doesn't apply (unless of course you're referring to something that belongs to the CV). If you can get your hands on the AGPS Style Guide, check out 6.160 to 6.180. It _does_ allow apostrophes to avoid confusion (the example they give is 'dot the i's and cross the t's'), but I don't think _CV's_ applies here. Craig Bligh Technical Writer, Product Development MXL Consolidated Pty Ltd Level 3, 62 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 Phone +61 2 8249 0000 Fax +61 2 8249 0099 Email craig.bligh@xxxxxxx www.mxl.com Wise Software Solutions for the Global Education Market -----Original Message----- From: Michael West [mailto:mbwest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2003 3:18 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [austechwriter] Re: Resumes are a show case for a Tech Writer > 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 ************************************************** ************************************************** 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 **************************************************