Grammar

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

On Mar 8, 2006, at 6:32 PM, Jeff Schering wrote:
>
> On 3/7/06, Rocco Stanzione <grasshopper at linuxkungfu.org> wrote:
>>
>> Next question: "Avoid using the apostrophe to indicate possession".  
>> Why?  My best guess is that it's easier than using the apostrophe 
>> correctly to indicate possession, but building sentences that way can 
>> get cumbersome.
>
> It's mostly for translation. The GNOME style guide claims that
> translators sometimes have trouble with apostrophe s when used for
> possession.
> ...

That's a silly reason. There are all sorts of things that are difficult 
to translate from one language to another, but you should still use 
them if they're the best way of expressing an idea in your language.

-- 
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/