From: Eivind Berge (eivber@online.no)
Date: Sun Jan 26 1997 - 17:30:23 MST
_The Elements of Style_ is supposed to be the best usage manual ever written;
I have wanted it for a long time, and finally ordered it about a week ago.
_The Oxford Companion to the English Language_ has a long article on the
apostrophe.
<<With names of classical origin, a second "s" is not usually added,
especially when the end sound of a word is /z/ rather than /s/:
"Xerxes' battle," "Socrates' pupils.">>
"Descartes" is not of classical origin.
While we are discussing style, I must say that I very much cherish the
American English rules for quotation marks. Please observe tradition and
don't use logical quotation if you write American English.
-- Eivind Berge eivber@online.no
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