Python is better than free (was Re: GNU wars again)
Christopher A. Craig
com-nospam at ccraig.org
Fri Oct 5 08:33:50 EDT 2001
"Tim Peters" <tim.one at home.com> writes:
> BTW, doesn't this look fishy to you (s/Peters/Holden/)?:
>
> Nope. If Steve were married, you would write about his and his wife's
> home (assuming they lived together) as the Holden's home. Since (and
> how could it be else) there is only one Steve, you should write about
> Steve Holden' way of thinking.
This doesn't negate the fact that Steve was correct. Names ending in
"s" are a special case for apostrophe rules.
> When I was about 12, a teacher said Peter's or Peters's was acceptable for
> the singular possessive (I stuck with Peters's), and Peterses' for the
> plural (I stuck with Peters', and got extra credit later <wink>).
What you were told by you teacher seems far more fishy. Try
s/Peters/Chris/
When I was about 12, a teacher said Chri's or Chris's was
^^^^^^
acceptable for the singular possessive (I stuck with Chris's), and
Chrises' for the plural (I stuck with Chris', and got extra credit
later <wink>).
trying-to-decide-if-this-is-more-off-topic-than-the-gpl'ly yours,
--
Christopher A. Craig <com-nospam at ccraig.org>
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