Re: Question for Charles Perez and Ted Frank

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From: Citecheck Hell
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:46

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In article <exuptr.606.716584507@exu.ericsson.se> exuptr@exu.ericsson.se (exuptr@exu.ericsson.se) writes:
>In article <1992Sep15.153846.23943@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Citecheck Hell) writes:
>>>Note the abusive Parent in Goofus' posting here, as well as the
>
>>Oh, and by the way, it would be "Goofus's."
>
>Sorry, leaving off the trailing "s" is permissible in contractions where
>the preceeding letter is also an "s", in proper names.  

Oh, I tend to go by Rule 1 in Strunk and White, but maybe that's just
the influence of Dead White Males.
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          ted frank | thf2@midway.uchicago.edu | standard disclaimers
         the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
         here i sit looking for a warming smile in a house of cold wit

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