CliffordK

Are we getting away from the original intent of the rant?

The issue is that:

A group IS singular.
but
The individuals within the group ARE plural.

Often the distinction between singular and plural groups gets complicated. For example endless debates about the proper use of DATA being a group of numbers or observations. People discuss a single datum less frequently.

I found this page about apostrophes and things like abbreviations.
https://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/apostro.asp

I choose not to use apostrophes when denoting plurals of abbreviations and acronyms. But, either is acceptable.

And, of course, there are issues with typos, autocorrect, and editing. Homonyms? We all survive with minor grammatical errors, or liberal choices in writing. Did I have a one word sentence?