Re: forbidden to apostrophize

Subject: Re: forbidden to apostrophize
From: Chuck Beck <cbeck -at- BGNET -dot- BGSU -dot- EDU>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 15:20:48 -0400

Mike Bygrave wrote:
>>My editor wants me to remove every apostrophe from my manual. This means
>>replacing not only all contractions (something I could deal with) but also
>>recasting any sentence that uses an apostrophe to form the possessive.

>Please send us your editor's (sorry, editors) email address - I'd (...erm,
>I would) like to shout at him for several hours, and perhaps hit him a bit
>as well.

Shouldn't that have read: "...editor's (sorry, email address of your
editor)...?" ;-)

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