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34. Making abbreviations and acronyms plural

Sentence Practice

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Many people with ___ in English belong to the Modern Language Association (MLA).

Ph.D.'sPh.D.s'Ph.D.s

One of the ___ services is to provide the Job Information List (JIL), a listing of job openings in university English and foreign language departments.

MLAsMLA'sMLAs'

Our Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) recently compared ___ from the past five years.

JIL'sJILsJILs'

Results of the ___ report will be available on our department website.

DGSs'DGS'sDGSs

We studied the DGS role at several universities and found that most ___ responsibilities include advising graduate students about the academic job market.

DGSsDGSs'DGS's

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