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In your twitter bio it should be RTs and not RT’s. You are welcome.
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Stylistic judgment call. Acronyms can take an apostrophe for plural forms to avoid confusion about whether the s. I tend to go with apostrophes. brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/16/acr
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Prof Paul Brians' argument is that it is "now so universal as to be acceptable in almost any context." is understood. Your argument is different - "avoid confusion about whether the s" That i did not get.
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I mean it's one of the ways I decide which convention to use in a particular case. Seems to be a rule undergoing evolution
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Thanks for this. Oxford Dictionaries, Webster's Collegiate, NYT, AP, Chicago Manual of Style and US Govt Printing Office and all say RTs. Only Practical English Usage (Swan) recommends RT's. But ya, we should stop here. I guess it is a matter of style.
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