Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
Trent W. Buck writes:
> When writing, I would put "darcs'", not "darcs's".
>
> As the Darcs documentation manager, I decree that either are
> acceptable.
IMO that's the worst possible outcome. If you want to be non-Fascist
about it, it's reasonable to say that
the preferred form is "Darcs'"
In practise I will always try to rephrase the sentence to avoid the
issue entirely. These "little" orthography or grammar issues can be
irritating or at least distracting to a reader doesn't agree with the
style adopted. And that always creates a barrier between the reader and
the content. Another example is "they" vs "he" vs "he/she". Some people
are appalled at seeing "they" used as a third person singular pronoun.
Others are equally appalled at "he/she" or "(s)he", etc. A good
technical writer will try to avoid these issues, not because of
adherence to correct grammar, but because irritating the reader is less
effective.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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