[Editors] Grammatical question

[Katie L. Vale]

  I will quote here Professor Perelman from the MIT Writing Program:

"People at MIT seem to think the apostrophe means 'Look out! An S is  
coming next!' "


On Apr 24, 2007, at 5:02 PM, Scott R Campbell wrote:

> Oh please let me chime in too.  I agree, I agree, I agree.  It  
> drives me up the wall when people talk about their learnings.   
> Learning, maybe.  Learnings, no.  Findings, yes.  And never never  
> never apostrophe.  You're dealing with a bunch of illiterates over  
> there, Lois!  Fight back!
> ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
> Scott Campbell
> Director of Communications	
> MIT School of Architecture + Planning
>
>
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> On Apr 24, 2007, at 4:22 PM, William T G Litant wrote:
>
>> 1. Learnings is not possessive
>> 2. Learnings is not a contraction
>> 3. Learnings is not a word
>>
>> Bill Litant
>>

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