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Users or Users' or User's??

"No person may possess or use programs that violate or hamper another persons use of computing resources. Examples of such programs are those that attempt to control terminals or PCs, obtain any users’ passwords, acquire another user’s files, deploy viruses, P2P applications, and any type of unauthorized File Transfer applications."
  

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It should be "user's passwords" and "user's files". Passwords are things that individual (singular) users have, and so are files. Also, you need an apostrophe in "...

  • It should be "user's passwords" and "user's files".
  • Passwords are things that individual (singular) users have, and so are files.
  • Also, you need an apostrophe in "...
  • " Cheers John.
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It should be "user's passwords" and "user's files".

Passwords are things that individual (singular) users have, and so are files.

Also, you need an apostrophe in "... another person's use of ..."


Cheers

John.

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