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| There's no difference, and neither one is wrong. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 22:24 pm user guide vs. user's guide |
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I agree.
Interesting though:
1,960,000 English pages for "user's guide"
662,000 English pages for "user guide"
"User guide" sounds more formal to me. Sounds more "professional", technical. |
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:28 am user guide vs. user's guide |
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| Why not "users' guide"? :) |
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Haihao
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:48 am user guide vs. user's guide |
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| Molly wrote: |
I agree.
Interesting though:
1,960,000 English pages for "user's guide"
662,000 English pages for "user guide"
"User guide" sounds more formal to me. Sounds more "professional", technical. |
"User guide" sounds clumsier to me, and less formal. When I see a user's guide, I expect it to be well-written. When I see a user guide, I expect to see typos and clunky syntax. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:49 am user guide vs. user's guide |
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| Haihao wrote: |
| Why not "users' guide"? :) |
Because generally only one user has the guide in his hand at one time.
However, there would be nothing grammatically wrong about users' guide, and I don't doubt that it's used in some situations. |
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:08 am user guide vs. user's guide |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
Because generally only one user has the guide in his hand at one time.
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This is a crystalclear explanation to me. |
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