Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 03:51:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 03:50:40 -0500 Received: from modemcable084.137-200-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca ([24.200.137.84]:60914 "EHLO xanadu.home") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:02:03 -0500 Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 20:01:47 -0500 (EST) From: Nicolas Pitre X-X-Sender: To: "Eric S. Raymond" cc: Gideon Glass , Richard Russon , "Eric S. Raymond" , lkml Subject: Re: esr cut off my genitives In-Reply-To: <20011201185859.A14785@thyrsus.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > "Windows" is a singular noun. Therefore the correct possessive form > is "Windows's", not "Windows'" -- the latter would be correct only > if it were a *plural* noun. > > Similarly, the correct possessive form of "James" is not "James'" but > "James's". This is often gotten wrong in these degenerate times, > mostly by the same people who confuse "its" with "it's". Etymologically, > "James's book" is a contraction of "James his book", which is how it > was done in Middle English (remembering the full form may help one > keep the rule straight). Well... According to http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwheret.html you're not completely right. Nicolas - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/