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I'm a technical editor (fairly new at it). An issue that has come up is:
How do you pluralize, for example, RDBMS (relational DB management system)?
I'm talking about pluralizing the acronym itself.
Some style guides I've consulted say you must use "es" to pluralize any
word ending in "s."
In short: is it RDBMSes, or RDBMSs?
Please reply to me (also to the list, if you like) because I need feedback
ASAP, but I only get the TECHWR digest once a day.
