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When typing a list of dos and don'ts, do you spell dos like this?
Thank you for all your 'opinions' on the subject, but I really need a factual answer. So far only one person has shown qualifications of being an English major. So who knows the real answer and what do you have to back it up?
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- toomeymimiLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
it should be spelled "dos" simply because if you put an apostrophe in it, it denotes a missing letter or ownership.
As in Don't meaning do not.
Or, That is Henry's book. Meaning it belongs to Henry
- 1 decade ago
I would leave out the apostrophe. Do's and Don'ts is totally inconsistent because the apostrophes in the two words mean different things. If you want to say Do's, it should really be Don't's as well, but that looks stupid. Dos and Don'ts.
- 1 decade ago
yeah. you only use ' when you are replacing a few letters. like don't- you are replacing the o in do nOt
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Alternates: dos "do"s do's "do's". Up to you.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It should be do's.