Having had my last two scans having scannos like that turning out to be specks of dust, I say it is impossible to know without a book to check. I would follow logic, in my case believing it was not there, but without a book to reference, arguments can be made wither way and you would not be knowingly adding or subtracting to the work. Valerie On Jan 11, 2010, at 12:13 AM, Jill O'Connell wrote: > In any case, my strong feeling is that the apostrophe was the choice of the > author or editor and Bookshare has told us not to make corrections in the > books we submit or proofread. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" > <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 7:41 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question about a sentence > > >> If the hours belonged to the community service then the apostrophe would be >> after community service followed by an s. The word hours would then follow. >> The way the sentence is constructed with the apostrophe after the word hours >> it is saying that the community service belong to the hours and that makes >> no sense, so it must be incorrect. >> >> >> Roger Loran Bailey >> >> "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless >> world, & the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people." >> Karl Marx >> >> The Militant: >> http://www.themilitant.com >> Pathfinder Press: >> http://www.pathfinderpress.com >> Granma International: >> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 10:25 PM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question about a sentence >> >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> No, the hours belong to Community Service, not the other way around. >>> Dunnow if belong is the right word, but those hours are to be spent in >>> Community Service, they belong to or are owned by, or are hmmm, given to, >>> ah, that's it, given to, as in a gift, so the apostrophe is correct. I >>> said in my previous post that it's so strange, it must be correct. I >>> think it is. It's a weirdness to be sure. >>> >>> Ann P. >>> >>> -- >>> Ann K. Parsons >>> Portal Tutoring >>> EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>> web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info >>> blog: >>> http://www.samobile.net/users/akp/blog >>> Skype: Putertutor >>> >>> "All that is gold does not glitter, >>> Not all those who wander are lost." >>> >>> Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit >>> www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. >>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >>> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of >> available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 270.14.132/2611 - Release Date: 01/10/10 > 07:35:00 > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.