[Mimedefang] grammar nit

[David F. Skoll]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, John Nemeth wrote:

> This first one is actually the correct one.  In the first case you have
> a possessive, where the thing being possessed is a "disgusting
> attitude" and the possessor is SCO.  In the second case you have a
> plural, where the thing being pluralised is SCO, followed by something
> that doesn't really fit.

I'm well aware of this.  However, there's another grammar you have
to consider:  That of the UNIX shell, which tends not to like unbalanced
single quotes hanging around.

So when I'm programming and I have to choose between English grammar
and Bourne shell grammar, English grammar loses, alas. :-)

--
David.