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Q&A Plural of the scholastic grade A

There's a similar question right now, and I have an issue: How would one write the grade of A in plural? For clarity, my smart device isn't smart enough for italics. I will use bold. In general, I...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Stu W‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:54:44Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Stu W‭ · 2019-12-08T04:54:44Z (almost 5 years ago)
There's a similar question right now, and I have an issue: How would one write the grade of A in plural? For clarity, my smart device isn't smart enough for italics. I will use bold.

In general, I use **The Chicago Manual of Style**. There is no problem with "I got three Bs and a C." (No italics recommended.) However, to say "I got straight As" is a problem. Or maybe it's not a problem, but I just don't remember ever seeing it. To combine roman and italic in the same line is also a problem: "I got two **A** s, two Bs, and an F." I'm tempted to use an apostrophe, but I don't like that option either: "I got two A's and two Bs."

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#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-01-05T06:00:20Z (almost 9 years ago)
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