Apostrophes and possessives #2929
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Starting in 2008, the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual suggests just an apostrophe after singular nouns ending in s. Also `files` could be the plural of `file`.
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In 2008, the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual started suggesting just an apostrophe after singular nouns ending in s.
Also,
filescould be the plural offile.Fixes #2928.