On 03/26/2002 05:31:56 PM Kenneth Whistler wrote: >> Some of these uses can be avoided by circumlocution, but the language >> gets very stilted if that is always required. Font differences can >> sometimes be adequate to avoid the separator, but not always. You may >> find some people using a hyphen instead of the apostrophe, but some >> sort of separator is almost required for legibility. In this context, >> plural "s" is only one of the affixes of interest. > >Exactly. This is a case where usefulness in practice is gradually >overwhelming the "Thou Shalt Not" prescriptivists.
Note that I wa's mainly suggesting that Marco could have chosen other example's that aren't controversial. A's for Ken's apostrophe's, he can do what he want's with them. (But "lambda's" as a plural definitely seem's excessive to me. :-) - Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Tel: +1 972 708 7485 E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
