Grammar

[Rocco Stanzione]

On Tuesday 07 March 2006 23:32, Jeff Schering wrote:
> > Next question: "Avoid using the apostrophe to indicate possession".  Why?
> It's mostly for translation. The GNOME style guide claims that
> translators sometimes have trouble with apostrophe s when used for
> possession.
Works for me

> But in the end, if we are avoiding the apostrophe s (for i18n),
> then there's no real reason for including extensive apostrophe s rules
> in the guide.
Also makes perfect sense.  But with that logic, maybe we actually want to pare 
down the styleguide by omitting actual rules that can be found elsewhere.  
For example, we could replace the whole "Commonly Confused Words" section 
with a link like this: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

> I used to like the period outside the quotes, but now I'm a fan of the
> inside the quote punctuation. The reason is that it just looks better
> on the page.
Also works for me.

Thanks,

Rocco Stanzione