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"Why I regret getting straight A's in college"

Drop that apostrophe!




Although from a strict, computer-like grammar perspective you'd be right; stylistically it is more effective to use an apostrophe in this case in order to avoid confusion with the word "As." I suspect if you asked a hundred random people about "Straight As" a goodly number would feel weird reading it, or would actually mistake the meaning. Conversely, "Straight A's" is only going to bother people who have memorized the rules.


Interesting. It always hurts my eye each time I come across it and I am far from a grammar-nazi.


Maybe the right way to write it is: "A"s?




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