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List:       wine-devel
Subject:    Re: winetest: Skip over stub dll if detected
From:       Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio () earthlink ! net>
Date:       2014-11-27 22:30:50
Message-ID: 20141127163050.65cf701ab480e234b9156234 () earthlink ! net
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On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:15:16 -0600
Austin English <austinenglish@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 27, 2014 3:28 AM, "Stefan D=F6singer" <stefandoesinger@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> =

> > > + * Windows 8 has a concept of stub DLL's.  When DLLMain is called the
> user is prompted
> > > + *  to install that component.  To bypass this check we need to look
> at the version resource.
> > A matter of opinion according to Wikipedia, feel free to ignore me:
> "DLLs" would be better as the plural of "DLL". "DLL's" looks like the
> possessive, although
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plurals#Plurals_of_letters_and_abbre=
viations
> says that using 's to form the plural of an abbreviation is legitimate.
> =

> The apostrophe is sometimes used, but it's definitely not the preferred w=
ay.

Using apostrophes to pluralize abbreviations and numbers was more common in=
 the past, but is outdated. In contemporary usage, apostrophes are for poss=
essives and contractions, and only used to pluralize in cases where they ar=
e needed to make the meaning clear (e.g., "A's" vs "As"). =



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