000328 Doug Kaufman wrote:
> Although it would be nice to be consistent throughout the code,
> I am not sure why some are saying that "URL's" is incorrect grammar.
> Leaving out the apostrophe seems to be a recent innovation.
> There clearly would be no need for the apostrophe if it were "U.R.L.s",
> but without the periods in the acronym, I believe that "URL's" falls
> within the acceptable "non-possessive 's" rules as described
> in Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. Does anyone have
> a citation to say that this is incorrect grammar?
Fowler is certainly an authority,
tho' i strongly suspect he advises common sense as the ultimate arbiter:
his King's English is on-line via www.bartleby.com/ ,
but a quick look didn't reveal anything on apostrophes.
my own common-sense vote is for URLs on the ground
that punctuation is road-signage, which should make reading easier,
& that the apostrophe in this case looks like a possessive ending;
more generally in case of doubt, omit symbols which are not clearly required.
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