Grammar, Was: PLUG Logo Update!

On the other hand, if you turn the phrase around, which sounds better,
"group of user" or "group of users"? BTW, "group" is singular, the
classic example of a "group noun". ;-)

I think we've beaten this off topic horse enough. Honest people may
differ.

tickticker wrote:
>
> 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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