Illiteracy in the New York Times
Illiteracy in the New York Times
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4cy is right, and it's not a universally accepted style to never use the apostrophy in the case of a plural acronym. (nor are most stylistic conventions unversally accepted) in some style guides, the apostrophy is used to differentiate a plural acronym from possibly being considered a new acronym. the NYT has their one unique manual of style and have been using it for quite some time to much success.
if you were so concerned about the usage of the english language, i'd think you'd understand that the language itself scoffs at anyone attempting to make one single set of rules for usage. hell, the english speaking world can't even agree on spelling. so get off your high horse mister literacy :P