Do these look right to you? I'm pluralizing the following words. In doing so, I'm italicizing the word to be pluralized but not the 's':
ands (instead of and's)
wherefores (instead of wherefore's)
hiss (instead of his's)
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The first two look fine, but his-s still reads as hiss because the reader won't notice the non-italicised 's'. In what context is it being used?
Perhaps try 'his's instead. It's obvious then what you mean.
The professor said "He used too many 'his's in his sentence."
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The professor said, "He used too many his's in his sentence." – whippoorwill Feb 26 '14 at 12:22
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Perhaps bold is better or both – mplungjan Feb 26 '14 at 12:29
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"He used too much hissing in his sentence." – tobyink Feb 26 '14 at 16:15
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He used the word 'his' too often. – Oldcat Feb 26 '14 at 23:51