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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How would you make GUI plural then? Apostrophe is an attempt to do just that, I believe.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Easy, add a lowercase s after the acronym: GUIs.

Apostrophes are only used if the acronym ends with s: SAS's or alternatively SAS', both are possible.