docs/77288: [PATCH] use US english spelling and fix a sentence
Matthew D. Fuller
fullermd at over-yonder.net
Wed Feb 9 03:50:22 UTC 2005
The following reply was made to PR docs/77288; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd at over-yonder.net>
To: "Jesus R. Camou" <jcamou at cox.net>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/77288: [PATCH] use US english spelling and fix a sentence
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 21:48:46 -0600
On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 07:02:01PM -0700 I heard the voice of
Jesus R. Camou, and lo! it spake thus:
> >Category: docs
> >Synopsis: [PATCH] use US english spelling and fix a sentence
I'm not sure either of these are actually correct...
> o s/defence/defense/g (US english spelling)
Since this is a quote, what matters isn't contemporary US English
spelling, but rather what's in the document, which in this case IS
'defence'.
> o sentence correction:
> to mark up a command's options -> to mark up a command's option
This reads right to me as it is (pluralized).
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