RE: Suggestion for English rule - masters thesis > master's thesis

2016-07-11 Thread Mike Unwalla
Done. Refer to https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool/commit/12d526ac18d2761770719cac99d047ca9ffcab14. Mike -Original Message- Unless I get an objection in the next few days, I will make 2 rules, one for AmE and one for BrE.

RE: Suggestion for English rule - masters thesis > master's thesis

2016-06-23 Thread Mike Unwalla
eforge.net Subject: Re: Suggestion for English rule - masters thesis > master's thesis Ouch! Nick, you put it the right way. That is what I wanted to write, but I messed it up. I'm sorry. Puroda On 22.06.2016 23:50, Nick Hough wrote: > It would be the other way around: > > If you wro

Re: Suggestion for English rule - masters thesis > master's thesis

2016-06-22 Thread Purodha Blissenbach
Ouch! Nick, you put it the right way. That is what I wanted to write, but I messed it up. I'm sorry. Puroda On 22.06.2016 23:50, Nick Hough wrote: > It would be the other way around: > > If you wrote it : "my masters thesis”, because it is the thesis from > your “masters" degree > If your master

Re: Suggestion for English rule - masters thesis > master's thesis

2016-06-22 Thread Nick Hough
It would be the other way around: If you wrote it : "my masters thesis”, because it is the thesis from your “masters" degree If your master wrote it : "my master’s thesis”, because the thesis is owned (hence the possessive apostrophe) by the “master" Both could be valid English. Which version

Re: Suggestion for English rule - masters thesis > master's thesis

2016-06-22 Thread Purodha Blissenbach
Imho, it depends. If you wrote it : "my master's thesis" If your master wrote it : "my masters thesis" but I am not a native English speaker :-) Purodha On 22.06.2016 18:33, Marco A.G.Pinto wrote: > Hello! > > Using MS Word 2016 I typed "blah blah my masters thesis" and Word > suggested me to