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Can someone assist me with this doubt? In many sites I have seen it written as "IP's" and in other as "IPs". What is the correct form to refer for the plural of IP?

Matt E. Эллен
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tachomi
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    You can say it either way. Both sound exactly the same. As to writing it, see the linked question. Executive summary: no apostrophe. – RegDwigнt Sep 18 '14 at 21:04
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    I would pronounce the names of the letters: /ay'pi/ and /ay'piz/. For writing, there are no rules since IP has no history. Anyway, nobody cares whether you use an apostrophe or not, so why bother? Apostrophes are so pre-electronic tech. – John Lawler Sep 19 '14 at 00:31
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    Assuming you're taking about intonational phrases, the the standard format they use in academic writing is IPs. HTH! – Araucaria - Him Sep 20 '14 at 14:22

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My instinct would be to use "IPs" as adding an apostrophe implies either a contraction or ownership. This would probably be better asked in https://english.stackexchange.com/, though

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  • I was going to ask down there, but as this site is focused to that theme, I decided to ask it here. –  Sep 18 '14 at 19:18
  • @tachomi: The next time, please check the [help]. This is entirely off-topic here and [english.se] is the only acceptable site for it. –  Sep 18 '14 at 19:37
  • Ok then.... I'm not able to delete the question and put it on the right site :( ... sorry for this. By the way, thanks a lot @John –  Sep 18 '14 at 20:22
  • @SvW But it is a linguistics abbreviation though that we would know about and ELL wouldn't ... – Araucaria - Him Sep 20 '14 at 14:20