From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Those ruddy punctuation fixes
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:58:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030306095844.B26708@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030306015027.GB16552@pegasys.ws>; from jw@pegasys.ws on Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:50:27PM -0800
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:50:27PM -0800, jw schultz wrote:
> > Russell's patch -> The patch which Russell wrote
>
> Assumes data not in evidence. Russel might have composited
> the patch. Try "The patch from Russel" or "The patch Russel
> provided" I would honestly be willing to have just "Russels
> Patch", "Russel patch" or "patch a la Russel" to evade the
> tortured language for avoiding the possesive.
And on the subject of spelling fixes, can I call you j schult? 8)
--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-06 9:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-05 11:10 Those ruddy punctuation fixes Russell King
2003-03-05 11:22 ` John Bradford
2003-03-05 14:18 ` Mike Dresser
2003-03-06 1:50 ` jw schultz
2003-03-06 9:58 ` Russell King [this message]
2003-03-06 10:46 ` John Bradford
2003-03-05 12:20 ` Dave Jones
2003-03-05 11:37 ` good info on memory management Prasad Kamath
2003-03-05 12:03 ` Terje Eggestad
2003-03-06 8:16 ` Ranjeet Shetye
2003-03-06 3:11 ` Those ruddy punctuation fixes Steven Cole
2003-03-07 1:04 ` Val Henson
2003-03-07 2:44 ` Steven Cole
2003-03-07 3:33 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-03-07 4:02 ` Steven Cole
2003-03-07 5:11 ` Martin J. Bligh
2003-03-07 17:04 ` Hans Reiser
[not found] ` <mailman.1047000901.5238.linux-kernel2news@redhat.com>
2003-03-07 3:07 ` Pete Zaitcev
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-03-07 7:16 Dan Kegel
2003-03-07 17:17 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2003-03-07 18:00 ` Dan Kegel
2003-03-07 23:15 ` Alan Cox
2003-03-08 0:52 ` Dave Jones
2003-03-08 0:04 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-03-08 0:29 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-03-08 1:09 ` Dan Kegel
2003-03-08 2:18 ` Werner Almesberger
2003-03-08 1:08 ` Alan Cox
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