Re: [RFC] automatic apostrophes

[John Cowan]

Paul Eggert scripsit:

> For example, when computing the possessive of "Ajax",
> we need to know which "Ajax" we're talking about, as the string
> "Ajax" itself doesn't give us enough information.

I think this is overkill and an example of the best being the
enemy of the good.  Printing "Ajax's" is not a grammatical
error, merely the violation of a rule more (often) honored in
the breach than the observance.

What is serious, and closely analogous to the Catalan case,
is the variation between English "a" and "an", or between
French "le" and "l'".  How, if at all, are these things
presently handled?

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