[darcs-users] darcs patch: Edit Front Page (and 9 more)

Eric Kow kowey at darcs.net
Sun Apr 12 17:41:37 UTC 2009


On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 19:35:47 +0200, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> How does that sound? Even if you don't like it either, would you call it  
> a step forward or a step back?
>
>
>>  > When a word ends in "s" (Jesus, Darcs) the possessive is formed by
>>  > appending an apostrophe only and keeping the pronunciation
>>  > intact. I didn't invent this rule. I just followed it.
>>
>> Indeed, you did invent that rule, because it's wrong.
>
> I did not invent the rule and it is not fair that you say that I did. My  
> English teacher might have been wrong (this is something I need to  
> check) but if he was, that is not the same thing as me fabricating rules  
> out of thin air.

Folks, I think this is one of those places where English punctuation
rules aren't widely agreed on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Singular_nouns_ending_with_an_.22s.22_or_.22z.22_sound

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Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow>
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