Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:57:13 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: setantae@submonkey.net, doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Apostrophe Usage Message-ID: <20021216145713.5821cc6d.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <i9k7i9hhjr.7i9@localhost.localdomain> References: <20021215213600.GA6049@submonkey.net> <20021215214245.GC6049@submonkey.net> <i9k7i9hhjr.7i9@localhost.localdomain>
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On 16 Dec 2002 11:47:52 -0800 swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) wrote: > Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> 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. > If I'm not mistaken, doesn't an apostrophe (Tom's system) apply to ownership. Therefor, the (book's content) would be correct. -- Tom Rhodes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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