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From: | Jambunathan K |
Subject: | Re: Possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s" |
Date: | Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:53:27 +0530 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (windows-nt) |
Glenn Morris <address@hidden> writes: > A critical question. What is the standard form in GNU manuals for using > the possessive apostrophe with singular nouns ending in "s"? > > This is one of Emacs's most important features. > > or > > This is one of Emacs' most important features. > > Currently there are ~ 46 instances of the former in the manuals, and 63 of > the latter. I favour the former. If the "subject" is Emacs - It is Emacs'(s) manual right? - then the above controversy can altogether be avoided by dropping self-references altogether. Even if there is a need, one can use runtime etc. and still make herself understood by the reader. --
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