Re: The Humble Apostrophe is Alive and Well in Dorchester

On 14/08/2009 04:58, Goromoff decided to pen the following;-:
"Geoff. Hayward" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:7ejgmkF2gf1npU1
@mid.individual.net:

Surely "photo's" is an abbreviation of "photographs" and as such needs an apostrophe?

Geoff.


then again, 'photo' is a word in its own right?

so, does one write "photo's" meaning "of a photo" or does one write "photo's" wrongly, intending to mean "many of them"? :-)

OED has this to say about 'photo':-
"[Shortened < PHOTOGRAPH n. (originally as graphic abbreviation: see note); partly also (especially in use as adjective) shortened < PHOTOGRAPHIC adj."

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