From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Van L <van@scratch.space>
Cc: 32037@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32037: simplify possessive form's "functions' definitions"
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 19:24:24 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83o9fpk3lz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47C8A142-D5EE-49D0-8C91-CE2A28694D99@scratch.space> (message from Van L on Tue, 3 Jul 2018 01:35:23 +1000)
> From: Van L <van@scratch.space>
> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 01:35:23 +1000
> Cc: 32037@debbugs.gnu.org
>
>
> > Thanks, but AFAIK the original wording is perfectly correct English
> > (if not more correct). Why did you think it needed to be changed?
>
> Is it the correct Emacs’ or Emacs’s? which is recommended use?
I'm not sure, but "Emacs" is not necessarily plural, whereas
"functions" is.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-02 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-02 15:11 bug#32037: simplify possessive form's "functions' definitions" Van L
2018-07-02 15:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-02 15:35 ` Van L
2018-07-02 16:24 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-07-02 17:19 ` Glenn Morris
2018-07-02 19:59 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-04 16:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
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