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What is the correct way to pluralize an acronym?

What's the plural form of the acronym POC, short for proof of concept?

...for his contributions to many POCs

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...for his contributions to many POC

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It's an acronym, right? Aren't there already other topics about plural with acronyms? I can't seem to find any but I remember I saw some :| – Alenanno May 3 '11 at 7:08
There are many meaning of POC, I think that you have to specify which one you are using in order for the question to get a specific answer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POC – Guffa May 3 '11 at 7:51
@Guffa: he linked to the correct one, proof of concept – nico May 3 '11 at 7:55
@nico: He did? Yes, you are right, when I know that there might be a link, it's possible to hover around on the text to find it... Who picked the color for the links? :P – Guffa May 3 '11 at 8:35

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POCs is ok.

To pluralise an abbreviation (or number) just add an "s" to the end.

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Isn't it normal to add apostrophe's to all the word's you pluralize, even when they're not acronym's? – Andrew Grimm May 3 '11 at 8:06
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@Andrew Grimm: No. – Guffa May 3 '11 at 8:36
@AndrewGrimm: Nor in apostrophe's, word's or acronym's for that matter. – Kris Jan 4 '12 at 9:03

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