[Editors] Grammatical question

[Kate Megquier]

Example of proper usage...

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On Apr 24, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Katie L. Vale wrote:

>  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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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