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Date:      Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:03:34 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com>
Cc:        doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Apostrophe Usage
Message-ID:  <20021216210334.GA2196@submonkey.net>
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 Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 11:47:52AM -0800, 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?

Ah yes, perhaps.
It wasn't so much that sentence in particular, as much as the fact that I had
totally forgotten how apostrophes work.

> Mushy language, English.

Indeed. ;)

Ceri
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