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Vladimir G. Ivanovic vladimir at acm.org
Tue Mar 9 20:11:11 UTC 2004


>>>>> "rs" == Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> writes:

    rs> As an aside, I don't wish to be pedantic but the plural of "bozo" is
    rs> "bozos".  One of my pet peeves is seeing people use "'s" for plurals.
    rs> "'s" denotes a possessive form of a noun or pronoun or a contraction of
    rs> a word and "is"--it does NOT indicate plurality:
    rs> 
    rs>         "Ricks":        More than one Rick
    rs>         "Rick's":       Either "owned by Rick" or "Rick is..."
    rs> 
    rs> Examples would be:
    rs> 
    rs>         "There are many Ricks in the world."
    rs>         "Rick's a persnickety SOB and I'd like to kick Rick's *ss!"
    rs> 

It's a typo, for crying out loud.

--- Vladimir

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