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Bug#105371: gcc-3.0: grammar & spelling fixes for README.Debian [patch]



>IMO, this is incorrect. The ('s) is always used for showing plural and
>possesive on things like "API's" or "80's". It just doesn't make sense
>without it.
>
>Then again, I never cared much for the language part of english class :)

No, James is right.  This is the infamous grocers' apostrophe; Fowler's says:

"From the 17c. onwards an apostrophe was often used in the plural number when 
the noun ended in a vowel e.g. grotto's, opera's, toga's.  Since the mid-19c., 
grammarians have condemned this use, but it continues to appear, to the 
amusement of educated people, in signs and notices, especially in shop windows."

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