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Coffin Hotels Opening Near You
An anonymous reader writes "Britain will soon see the launch of a chain of automated, short-term hotels for travelers and businesspeople." From the article: "Each soundproof cabin will contain a sofa that converts into a double bed, a pull down desk, closet space, adjustable mood lighting, a shower, wireless Internet, an iPod connection and a flat-screen TV. Check-in and check-out will be automated, but food and drinks will be available."
Unless you want to accumulate a long list of examples of Coffin Hotels's acts of corruption and depredation, this letter may become a bit monotonous. However, I indisputably do hope you read it all the way through because Coffin Hotels's lieutenants show obsequious deference to it. I will start this discussion by arguing that perennial crybabies like Coffin Hotels wouldn't fare well without a legal skirt to hide under. Then, I will present evidence that as long as the beer keeps flowing and the paychecks keep coming, Coffin Hotels's encomiasts don't really care that I am now in a position to define what I mean when I say that the underlying reasons and causes for its intolerant crotchets must be defined, examined, and resolved, or they'll never cease. What I mean is that Coffin Hotels wants us to believe that doing the fashionable thing is more important than life or liberty. How stupid does it think we are? This isn't such an easy question to answer, but let me take a stab at it: The longer it wears the mask of favoritism, the harder it is to remove. So don't feed me any phony baloney about how might makes right. That's just not true. Coffin Hotels, who is astonishingly adroit at twisting words, has been able to convince scores of people that the boogeyman is going to get us if we don't agree to its demands. That's all I have to say. Thank you for reading this letter.
Meh, I did not feel like flipping through for that. It was easier to get the opening. :p
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Hate to pick nits, but you only just add an apostrophe to plural nouns that end in s. Singular words that end in s you still add 's.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe_(mark)
Debate over the possessive form of words ending in s
* While it is commonly perceived that words ending in s simply gain an apostrophe in their possessive form (Mr. Jones' sock garters), the University of Delaware provides these guidelines [2]:
o To form the possessive of a plural noun ending in "s" simply add an apostrophe.
+ dogs' bones
+ boys' bicycles
o To form the possessive of a singular noun that ends in an "s" sound, be guided by the way the word is pronounced. If a new syllable is formed in the pronunciation of the possessive, add an apostrophe plus "s."
+ boss's office
+ witness's memory
* A more prescriptivist approach is to add an s to single syllable words (Mr. Jones's sock garters), and omit them from multi-syllable words (witness' memory).