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[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 49 points 10 months ago

Gui's? What letter does the apostrophe replace? Did you mean to say "gui is"?

So "gui is are for idiots"?

Maybe the idiot is the one who doesn't know how apostrophes work?

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

the apostrophe may make it a bit clearer... even if technically incorrect usage

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

Could have just used propper capitalization of the acronym. Would have been equally clear.

[-] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

How would you make GUI plural then? Apostrophe is an attempt to do just that, I believe.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

Easy, add a lowercase s after the acronym: GUIs.

Apostrophes are only used if the acronym ends with s: SAS's or alternatively SAS', both are possible.

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