Are we the Us or the U's?

[zx10racer22]

Since I still don't actually know the grammatically correct position for sure and as the forum loves a poll...

The U's - grammatically incorrect apparently, because you don't use an apostrophe to make a plural.
The Us - grammatically correct but has the potential to cause Middle Eastern countries concern that we're going to invade for oil.

Discuss!

[Exiled]

I think the officially grammatically correct one is Us - because it's a plural.

But it looks weird, like the word 'us'.

So I guess the apostrophe is acting like a divider to make it clear that it's the 'yoos', and not the 'us'.

[Fred Colon]

Apr 5, 2024 12:21:08 GMT zx10racer22 said:

Since I still don't actually know the grammatically correct position for sure and as the forum loves a poll...

The U's - grammatically incorrect apparently, because you don't use an apostrophe to make a plural.
The Us - grammatically correct but has the potential to cause Middle Eastern countries concern that we're going to invade for oil.

Discuss!

The apostrophe could denote possession, so if the U's/ Us is short for United's football team (or fans), for example, the apostrophe is correct. It could also be replacing the 'nited' part of 'United' in the same way an apostrophe replaces the letter 'a' in 'they are' to make they're. Users of 'their' for this purpose please take note.

[JoshHuntCUFC]

I refer to us as the yellas but that's a can of worms I'm not willing to open

[Andrewlang]

The U's.

I don't care for explanations for why it isn't or shouldn't be. It's The U's and always will be....you can come for our badge, but you'll never take our The U's.

Andrew

[genghis]

Definitely the U's, my t-shirt says so and I've never known it to be wrong.

[cesarowicz]

It is grammatically acceptable (among all but the most extreme pedants) for an apostrophe to be added to an an acronym or initialism where it aids clarity, even where this breaks the usual rules for apostrophe usage. Given the potential confusion with ‘Us’ (first person plural) I think U’s is legitimate.

[joffjog]

Cambridge United and the Apocryphal Apostrophes

[MartinL]

Single letter and digit plurals
Use an apostrophe before the ‘s’ for plurals of single letters and single-digit numbers. They are exceptions to the rule of not using an apostrophe for the plural form of a noun.
The apostrophe ensures that letter plurals are easier to understand.
Don’t italicise these plurals or place them in quotation marks.
Example
Binary code uses 0’s and 1’s.
Dot your i’s and cross your t’s when you edit the report.
This tongue twister has too many s’s!

[El Goodo]

Whu's asking?

[zx10racer22]

Apr 5, 2024 14:26:30 GMT MartinL said:

Single letter and digit plurals
Use an apostrophe before the ‘s’ for plurals of single letters and single-digit numbers. They are exceptions to the rule of not using an apostrophe for the plural form of a noun.
The apostrophe ensures that letter plurals are easier to understand.
Don’t italicise these plurals or place them in quotation marks.
Example
Binary code uses 0’s and 1’s.
Dot your i’s and cross your t’s when you edit the report.
This tongue twister has too many s’s!

Thank you, an explanation!

[MartinL]

Apr 5, 2024 14:33:44 GMT zx10racer22 said:

Apr 5, 2024 14:26:30 GMT MartinL said:

Single letter and digit plurals
Use an apostrophe before the ‘s’ for plurals of single letters and single-digit numbers. They are exceptions to the rule of not using an apostrophe for the plural form of a noun.
The apostrophe ensures that letter plurals are easier to understand.
Don’t italicise these plurals or place them in quotation marks.
Example
Binary code uses 0’s and 1’s.
Dot your i’s and cross your t’s when you edit the report.
This tongue twister has too many s’s!

Thank you, an explanation!

Thank Google 😁

[fblock]

I always thought the apostrophe was because it was an abbreviation. U being an abbreviation of United

[imp566]

I never thought my footer would stir up such discussion!

[malotru]

I thought we were the Yeeeeelloooows who of course play in Amber.