Peter Constable wrote: > 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. :-) > Lol, I would say "lets forget about it all" but then... I couldnt but notice Mr. Whistler's statement there. I wonder if he can admit that usefulness in practice could overwhelm the "Thou Shalt Not process garbage" prescriptivists...
Lars Kristan
