[Python-Dev] Spelling check: more typos

[Fredrik Lundh]

eric wrote:
> > > > Is "s's" as in "the process's exit code" valid English?
> > >
> > > I think yes, because "process" is not a plural; it would be
"processes'
> > > exit codes".
> >
> > according to the only grammar I found:
> >
> >     FORMING THE POSSESSIVE WITH 'S AND '
> >     1.Singular nouns take 's
> >     2.irregular plurals take 's
> >     3.Nouns ending in s (plural or singular) take '
> >
> > > but-then-I'm-a-mathematician-ly y'rs
> >
> > and we're a bunch of non-native english speakers ;-)
>
> I am a native speaker, and an expert in the fine points of English grammar
> and usage (a necessary qualification for editing the New Hacker's
> Dictionary). Tim's source is correct.  Learn these rules; they will
> mark you out from the vast sea of yahoos who (for example) use "it's"
> where "its" is correct.

what rules?  the "tim is always correct" rule, or the grammar
rules I quoted?

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