Bug#105371: gcc-3.0: grammar & spelling fixes for README.Debian [patch]
On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 08:38:42PM +0100, Philip Blundell wrote:
> >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."
No, we aren't talking about nouns, we are talking about acronyms. The above
does not pertain to this use.
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