Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: esr cut off my genitives | Date | 1 Dec 2001 13:28:01 -0800 |
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Followup to: <1007229787.2134.10.camel@addlestones> By author: Richard Russon <ldm@flatcap.org> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Hi esr, > > There are a couple of lines of the patch I'm not quite happy with. > > > -Windows' Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support (EXPERIMENTAL) > > +Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support (EXPERIMENTAL) > > > -Windows' LDM extra logging > > +Windows LDM extra logging > > Not wishing to sound too pedantic, but I did put the apostropes in on > purpose. "Windows" is a plural noun and the genitive of it is "Windows'". > > Of course if it's a limitation of the new config tool I'll understand :-) > (and you'll need to apply the following, too). > > -IBM's S/390 architecture > +IBMs S/390 architecture >
However, the use of genitives in the construction above is not really the common usage. However, "IBMs S/390" is completely bogus -- it should be "IBM S/390".
Also, if the tool can't handle ' I would fix the bloody tool.
-hpa
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