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Subject: Re: [9front] joystick support docs
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Quoth Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) <lyndon@orthanc.ca>:
> ori@eigenstate.org writes:
> 
> > The general rule is that apostrophes
> > indicate posession, not plurals.
> 
> Amen.  The best book on this topic is:
> 
>   https://www.lynnetruss.com/books/eats-shoots-leaves/
> 
> It's a pleasant and fun read, even apart from the grammar and
> punctuation arguments.  And in my view, nobody should be granted a
> man page commit bit unless and until they own a copy and have read
> it from cover to cover.  Twice!

Thanks for bringing up that book.  I remember when it came out but I
have yet to read it.  Fortunately, I don't have a commit bit.