On Oct 7, 7:30pm, "David F. Skoll" wrote:
} On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, John Nemeth wrote:
}
} > This first one is actually the correct one. In the first case you have
} > a possessive, where the thing being possessed is a "disgusting
} > attitude" and the possessor is SCO. In the second case you have a
} > plural, where the thing being pluralised is SCO, followed by something
} > that doesn't really fit.
}
} I'm well aware of this. However, there's another grammar you have
} to consider: That of the UNIX shell, which tends not to like unbalanced
} single quotes hanging around.
I'm aware of this. However, surrounding the entire thing with the
opposite type of quotes or escaping the quote will get around that.
} So when I'm programming and I have to choose between English grammar
} and Bourne shell grammar, English grammar loses, alas. :-)
Presumably it worked before. So, can you tell why it is a problem
now?
}-- End of excerpt from "David F. Skoll"
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