From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Dec 16 11:41:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B254137B401 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:41:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (rwcrmhc52.attbi.com [216.148.227.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CBA743E4A for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:41:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([12.242.158.67]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (rwcrmhc52) with ESMTP id <2002121619413705200155ode>; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 19:41:37 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gBGJlw2J054528; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:47:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id gBGJlqrj054525; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:47:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swear@attbi.com) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jojo set sender to swear@attbi.com using -f To: Ceri Davies Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apostrophe Usage References: <20021215213600.GA6049@submonkey.net> <20021215214245.GC6049@submonkey.net> From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: 16 Dec 2002 11:47:52 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20021215214245.GC6049@submonkey.net> Message-ID: Lines: 27 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ceri Davies writes: > On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 09:36:00PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > I can never remember this. > > > > In the next sentence, does that apostrophe belong there or not ? > > > > Include an abstract of the book's contents here. > > My brain turned on (thanks to a swift slap from Eric). Don't worry. I worry that you asked the question wrongly. Does the "'s" belong? I think so, but these should be OK too: Include an abstract of the book contents here. Include an abstract of the book content here. Include an abstract of the book's content here. (The "book content[s]" being used as one word.) But they probably should be shortened to one of these: Include an abstract of the book here. Include here an abstract of the book. [yuk] Mushy language, English. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message