[MPlayer-dev-eng] Lots of stuff for NUT

[The Wanderer]

On 12/31/2005 02:46 PM, Diego Biurrun wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 09:10:08PM +0200, Oded Shimon wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 05:47:45PM +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:

>>> Yes, it's a matter of grammar.  Plural is constructed with "s".
>>> "'s" is used for the possessive case, i.e. to indicate what
>>> belong's to who (that's a *very* basic explanation, but it should
>>> work for you).
>>> 
>>> Example:
>>> 
>>> one girl - two girls
>>> 
>>> Oded's NUT implementation - the NUT implementation made by Oded
>> 
>> Actually, I was well aware of all this, the problem I was having is
>> that back_ptr is "almost" and acronym. I totally agree with
>> "back_pointers", no apostraphee. But with acronyms I think there is
>> a debate. Is it "ATM's" or "ATMs"...
> 
> ATMs, definitely.

Indubitably.

I do see the problem you were talking about in this instance, Oded, but
using an apostrophe when pluralizing is not a correct solution.
Rephrasing is possibly the only way around it.

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