Talk:mind one's ps and qs

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no apostrophe

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The expression is "mind your Ps and Qs" or mind one's Ps and Qs". There is no need for the apostrophe on either the P or the Q. MrMarmite (talk) 12:01, 11 June 2012 (UTC)Reply

It's pretty common to use apostrophes to avoid ambiguity, for example a's would become as. For example for ps, there's a tendency to pronounce it as /piː.ɛs/ instead of /piːz/. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:06, 3 December 2012 (UTC)Reply

Archived feedback: November 2014

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RFM discussion: July 2012

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I agree with the comment on the talk page that two of the apostrophes should be taken out: [[mind one's Ps and Qs]]. Should the apotrophic form be a soft redirect, or a hard one? Or do you like the apostrophes and oppose a move? - -sche (discuss) 17:43, 19 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Soft. I.e., both, if attested, should exist, and the less common should be defined as a form-of.​—msh210 (talk) 21:39, 26 July 2012 (UTC)Reply