Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Dan Lewis wrote:
I have downloaded the file to review it.
I also have a question. I noticed on page 1 in the note below
"What is impress?" the word Impress's . In the United States, it
would have been written Impress' since the final s of an apostrophe s
('s) is dropped when a word ends in s. What is the case in other
English speaking countries?
US usage can be either with or without that 's after a final 's',
depending on your preferred style guide. I can find you references on
that if you want.
Off the top of my head, Chicago Manual of Style and "Strunk and White"
say use "'s" except in a very few cases; the Associated Press style
guide says no "'s" (after final 's'). The latter is used by many
newspapers, so it's what people see most often.
I think it's the same in other English-speaking countries: either is
used, though one or the other may be more common.
May be best if we reword so the possessive isn't used, to avoid this
problem.
I agree.
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Janet Swisher --- Senior Technical Writer
Enthought, Inc. http://www.enthought.com
