ANN: New Book: Programming in Python 3

[Colin J. Williams]

Thomas Heller wrote:
> Steve Holden schrieb:
>> Thomas Heller wrote:
>>> Question from a non-native english speaker: is this now valid english?
>>>
>>>   "One of Python’s great strengths"
>>>                 ^
>>>   "and also teaches Python’s functional programming features"
>>>                           ^
>>>   "The book’s approach is wholly practical"
>>>            ^
>> It always has been valid English. The apostrophe is only omitted from
>> personal pronouns (hers, its, and so on).
> 
> I see, thanks.  But, is the apostrophe optional in the above fragments?
> 
> Thomas

Whoops.  I read the first two lines as 
one sentence.

Thomas Heller was questioning the 
possessive.  I don't see any problem 
with the three examples he gives.

Colin W.