The Oakland A
Today we will be discussing the Oakland Athletics, also known as the Oakland A's.In school, I learned that apostrophes are not used to denote plurals. That would mean it should be Oakland As.
However, the AP Style Guide on my desk says to use an apostrophe to denote plurals of a single letter (but not multiple-letter combinations). That would mean Oakland A's is correct.
Still, that implies that the A stands for "Athletic" in the singular form, which requires us to make it plural each time.
Why can't the A stand for "Athletics"? That way, we could clear up any confusion.
It would be the Oakland A.
7 comments:
Or the Oakland AB!
Zing!
When they were in Philly, they simply had an "A" on their caps and jerseys. I think the "A's" on uniforms started when they were in Kansas City.
Generally speaking, teams should have the letter(s) of the city they play in on their cap. They should also have the city name on their road jerseys, not the team name.
Really, it used to be just an A? That's great. The Oakland A.
Soon to be the San Jose A's, I hope.
Or would that be the San JosA's?
I thought an apostrophe also served to indicate abbreviated letters or numbers. The apostrophe is taking the place of "thlectic." Like the "can't" or "'09"
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