Date: 16 Dec 2002 11:47:52 -0800 From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apostrophe Usage Message-ID: <i9k7i9hhjr.7i9@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20021215214245.GC6049@submonkey.net> References: <20021215213600.GA6049@submonkey.net> <20021215214245.GC6049@submonkey.net>
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Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> writes:
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 09:36:00PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > I can never remember this.
> >
> > In the next sentence, does that apostrophe belong there or not ?
> >
> > Include an abstract of the book's contents here.
>
> My brain turned on (thanks to a swift slap from Eric). Don't worry.
I worry that you asked the question wrongly. Does the "'s" belong?
I think so, but these should be OK too:
Include an abstract of the book contents here.
Include an abstract of the book content here.
Include an abstract of the book's content here.
(The "book content[s]" being used as one word.)
But they probably should be shortened to one of these:
Include an abstract of the book here.
Include here an abstract of the book. [yuk]
Mushy language, English.
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