ok, here's my 2 cents....  in this context USER is being used as an
adjective.. this is a group.  a USER group. a linux USER group.

users group is like a double negative.  but in this case it's a double
plural.

that's all i got to say 'bout that.

anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert N. Eaton" <moth28@infinet-is.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: Grammar, Was: PLUG Logo Update!


> On Saturday 29 June 2002 03:38 pm, you wrote:
> > Hmm...  Any English professors in the audience?  We could do:
> >
> > User
> > Users
> > User's
> > Users'
> >
> > All of these examples can be found in use by other Linux groups on the
> > 'net.  We're a group of "Linux users," but we're also a "user group."
So
> > I guess it depends on where you put the emphasis on the phrase.  The
Linux
> > group in Portland uses:
> > "Portland Linux Unix Group" which gets rid of the "is it plural or not"
> > problem all together.  ;-)
> > ~M
> If you want to get excessively grammatical:
>
> User = noun, sungular
> Users= noun, plural
> User's = noun, singular, possessive
> Users' = noun, plural, possessive
>
> Any of the four could grammatically appear before "Group" .
>
> "User's" implies "only one".  Sort of "I am the only Linux user."
> "Users'" implies "many."  "I am one of many Linux users."
> "User" and "Users" act as noun adjuncts; that is, nouns acting as
adjectives
> telling "what kind of" group just as in "school house" , "school" tells
"what
> kind of house.
>
> My choice would be "Users" as it implies multiple users, and lacks the
> clutter of the apostrophe, which, in a logo, is really unnecessary.
>
> --
> Bob Eaton
>
> Curiosity didn't kill the cat: it was lack of information.
>
> --
> Bob Eaton
>
> Curiosity didn't kill the cat: it was lack of information.
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