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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Catégorie:
Autre
Versions des environnements
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Application:
Desktop
Divers
Thread ID:
01427736
Message ID:
01427793
Vues:
51
>>>>Which is correct ???
>>>>
>>>>"Print Cashier's Initials on Validation" with the '
>>>>
>>>>or
>>>>
>>>>"Print Cashiers Initials on Validation" without the '
>>>>
>>>>??
>>>>
>>>>I think they removed part of my brain along with the prostate.... wait.... I didn't have a brain to begin with......
>>>
>>>In all likelihood the first way is what you want. As Naomi says, it depends on whether it's one cashier or more than one. Singular = Cashier's. Plural = Cashiers'. (Note that the second choice you state is definitely incorrect. The apostrophe needs to be there somewhere, since it is a possessive).
>>
>>IIRC Cashier's would be treated as an abbreviation - Cashier is.
>>
>>Cashiers' is possessive.
>
>Yes, and referring to more than one cashier. Cashier's is not an abbreviation. It is a singular possissive, i.e. "The cashier's purse was stolen by a customer."
>
>Not being pedantic, that's just the way it works. Trust me <g>.

Good thing. We don't want any pedantophiles around here.
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