Re: [NTLK] OT: Whence "genitive s" (='s)? (Was: AUGUST UPDAT

From: Brian (bmcewen_at_comcast.net)
Date: Sat Aug 03 2002 - 21:03:10 EDT

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>From: James Buxton <bux1234567_at_mac.com>
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>Hmmm,
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>Someone correct what I was taught if my teaching is wrong:

Oh man another grammar thread.

The definitive reference for Newton users MUST be:

1918 edition of The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr

available as a newton book at Toad Hollow software:
<http://members.aol.com/bkogilvie/>

Anyone using anything else must be a Nazi .

B

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