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THE LOWDOWN: 2 8c+'s in a day, Pirmin's story

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Pirmin Bertle on Ishallah, 8c+, Kalymnos, 4 kbAs reported in the previous post, after five weeks of horrible warmth and humidity in Kalymnos, Pirmin Bertle did the two 8c+'s Gora Guta Gutarak and Inshallah on the last day of the trip and the very first one with good conditions:
"Three times I was ready to give up. Give up all the tries I had...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=59308
bull2010face 08 Dec 2010
In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

''8c+'s in a day''

Why is there an apostrophe after 8c+?
 Morgan Woods 09 Dec 2010
In reply to ticktockdublin:
> (In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC)
>
> ''8c+'s in a day''
>
> Why is there an apostrophe after 8c+?

because it is standing in for a missing "e"

singular = eight-c-plus

plural = eight-c-pluses

are you thick or just trying (and failing) to be pedantic?
 McBirdy 09 Dec 2010
In reply to Morgan Woods:

Erm.

On dog
Two dog's?

One Morgan
Two Morgan's?

One idiot
Two idiot's?

Ben
 PeterJuggler 09 Dec 2010
In reply to Ben Darvill: You don't use an apostrophe for plurals like than Ben. Two dogs.

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