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Subject:RE: Rule about not using possessive? From:Paul Hanson <PHanson -at- Quintrex -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:15:21 -0500
Hi Elizabeth,
I think it depends on the sentence.
If the sentence makes sense with the possessive, use it. If it is not clear,
re-write.
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Estep [SMTP:EEstep -at- mrisystem -dot- com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:09 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Rule about not using possessive?
>
<snip>
> She swears that at some point she learned that possessives are
> inappropriate in technical writing, but now she can neither remember the
> logic behind this "rule" nor find a source for it.
<snip>
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