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Throughout the docs, we sometimes write the possessive of _Node.js_ as
_Node.js'_ and other times as _Node.js's_. The former conforms with some
generally accepted style guides (e.g., Associated Press Stylebook) while
the latter complies with others (e.g., Chicago Manual of Style).

Since there is no clear authoritative answer as to which form is
correct, and since (at least to me) both are visually jarring and
sometimes cause a pause to understand, I'd like to reword things to
eliminate the possessive form where possible.

This is one of those examples.

PR-URL: #31748
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
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* {number}

The port used by Node.js's debugger when enabled.
The port used by the Node.js debugger when enabled.

```js
process.debugPort = 5858;
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handler.
* `2`: Unused (reserved by Bash for builtin misuse)
* `3` **Internal JavaScript Parse Error**: The JavaScript source code
internal in Node.js's bootstrapping process caused a parse error. This
internal in the Node.js bootstrapping process caused a parse error. This
is extremely rare, and generally can only happen during development
of Node.js itself.
* `4` **Internal JavaScript Evaluation Failure**: The JavaScript
source code internal in Node.js's bootstrapping process failed to
source code internal in the Node.js bootstrapping process failed to
return a function value when evaluated. This is extremely rare, and
generally can only happen during development of Node.js itself.
* `5` **Fatal Error**: There was a fatal unrecoverable error in V8.
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* `9` **Invalid Argument**: Either an unknown option was specified,
or an option requiring a value was provided without a value.
* `10` **Internal JavaScript Run-Time Failure**: The JavaScript
source code internal in Node.js's bootstrapping process threw an error
source code internal in the Node.js bootstrapping process threw an error
when the bootstrapping function was called. This is extremely rare,
and generally can only happen during development of Node.js itself.
* `12` **Invalid Debug Argument**: The `--inspect` and/or `--inspect-brk`
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