ABSTRACT
Plurals of abbreviations are often formed with an ‘s’ as in: no., nos. (number/s); fig., figs. (figure/s); eq., eqs. (equation/s). The plural of p. (page), however, is pp. (pages). These abbreviations keep the stop in BE, even though the final letter is now s. The ISO standard concerning basic scientific units states that abbreviations such as cm, h, kg, km, m, s are to remain unaltered in the plural and are to be written without a final stop (ISO 31-0: 1992).
