[Mimedefang] grammar nit

[John Nemeth]

On Oct 7,  7:30pm, "David F. Skoll" wrote:
} 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.

     I'm aware of this.  However, surrounding the entire thing with the
opposite type of quotes or escaping the quote will get around that.

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

     Presumably it worked before.  So, can you tell why it is a problem
now?

}-- End of excerpt from "David F. Skoll"