From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Dec 16 13: 3:37 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 D7B6637B401 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:03:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust47.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 836D843EC2 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:03:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 18O2Ok-0000dE-00; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:03:34 +0000 Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:03:34 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: "Gary W. Swearingen" Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apostrophe Usage Message-ID: <20021216210334.GA2196@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , "Gary W. Swearingen" , doc@freebsd.org References: <20021215213600.GA6049@submonkey.net> <20021215214245.GC6049@submonkey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-message-flag: All your linuxconf-configured redhat are belong to us. X-message-flag-attribution: suresh, sdm. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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 On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 11:47:52AM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > 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? 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 -- Your last breath awaits! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message