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Subject:Re: Blasted Apostrophes From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Thu, 27 Feb 1997 15:54:35 +0800
Virginia Hayden/STL/MASTERCARD <Virginia_Hayden -at- MASTERCARD -dot- COM> said:
> Interesting example! We have an ongoing debate here as to whether
> a software manual should be titled Users Guide or User's Guide.
> What's the consensus out there?
Surely this has been thrashed out at length by the well-informed folks
on the copyedit list. Did they reach a consensus? Geoff? Anyone?
BTW I use 'User Guide' or 'Using <product name>'.
Regards
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Stuart Burnfield (slb -at- fs -dot- com -dot- au)
(frowns, reaches down, and scratches the old genitive case)
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