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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“User” is a noun. Nouns do not modify nouns; adjectives—and articles, if you have a more traditional view of the Parts of Speech—modify nouns. <br><br>Ergo … </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>è</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> User’s Manual, User’s Guide, user’s mannerisms, user’s fork, user’s eraser, user’s banana, etc. Of course, one could choose “Usage Manual”, or just plain, old, run-o’-the-mill “Manual”. But then there could be—and often used to be—User’s Guide/Manual, Reference Manual, and more. <br><br>One solution to this mind-numbing conundrum might look like this:<br><br>Getting Started Guide<br>User’s Manual<br>Reference Manual<br>Shortcuts (often a card or the like)<br>Developer’s Guide (wouldn’t say “Developer Guide” … right?)<br>SDK Reference [Guide/Manual]<br>Scripting Reference [Guide/Manual]<br><br>I like to think in terms of systems. :)<br><br>Bottom line: At every opportunity, preserve our language. For these days, if we don’t, not many others will. <br><br>IMO, that was <i>at least</i> three cents worth, what with inflation and all … :)<br><br>Best regards,<br>Elchanan<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><hr size=3 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>hessiansx4<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 13, 2015 3:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> Framers<br><b>Subject:</b> User's manual vs. User manual</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426284507119_2809"><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> Any thoughts on which is preferable for hardware products?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>