Re: Those ruddy punctuation fixes

John Bradford (john@grabjohn.com)
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:46:56 +0000 (GMT)


> > Russell's patch -> The patch which Russell wrote
>
> Assumes data not in evidence. Russel might have composited
> the patch. Try "The patch from Russel" or "The patch Russel
> provided" I would honestly be willing to have just "Russels
> Patch", "Russel patch" or "patch a la Russel" to evade the
> tortured language for avoiding the possesive.
>
> In any case, if it doesn't make the text more clear what is
> the point?

Err, it was a joke :-)

John.
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