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Subject:Re: Guide name quandary...nay...quagmire From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Tue, 18 May 1999 10:42:00 -0700
Reference Guide :-)
Our reference guide was previously called a users guide. I ditched the
apostrophe long ago. Deciding where it should go, before or after the s,
leads to unnecessary confusion and debate. I prefer to simplify. Thinking
about it now, I'd even ditch the s and just go with user guide. Just like a
horse stall is a stall for horses and a car battery is a battery for cars, a
user guide is a guide for users.
