[linux-cifs-client] updated mount.cifs man page
Wagner, Chris (GEAE, CBTS)
chris.wagner at ae.ge.com
Thu Dec 15 20:25:34 GMT 2005
My thoughts exactly. Not only put the 's but also pronounce it. When I'm
writing something "formal" I make sure to not even end a sentence with a
preposition. :)
Steven French wrote:
> I remember one phenomenal book, the once standard book on English writing,
> "The Elements of Style," which addresses this very question on page one
> (probably because it is the most common counter-intuitive style error in
> common written English). It decrees:
>
> Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's. Follow this rule
> whatever the final consonant. Thus write,
>
> Charles's friend
> Burns's poems
> the witch's malice
>
--
Chris Wagner
CBTS
GE Aircraft Engines
Chris.Wagner at ae.ge.com
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