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From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH 4/6] Read extra configuration files from
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:41:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090213184130.2faecaf0@hyperion.delvare> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090211175008.0f843712@hyperion.delvare>

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:19:36 +0530, Charles wrote:
> Hello  :-)
> 
> >> +the default configuration file. Files those name starts with a dot are
>                                            ^
> > Spelling: "Files whose name starts"
> 
> Better "Files with names that start"?
> 
> "Whose" is the possessive form of "who"; historically it was used only when
> the possessor was animate.  This usage is loosening to accommodate inanimate
> possessors (including *n*x files!) but is still controversial.  "Files with
> names that start" is uncontroversial and, IMHO, more elegant and natural
> than "Files whose name starts".

OK, changed.

Thanks,
-- 
Jean Delvare

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-02-13 17:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-11 16:50 [lm-sensors] [PATCH 4/6] Read extra configuration files from Jean Delvare
2009-02-13  5:23 ` Matt Roberds
2009-02-13 11:47 ` Jean Delvare
2009-02-13 11:56 ` Charles
2009-02-13 17:41 ` Jean Delvare [this message]
2009-02-14  4:44 ` Matt Roberds
2009-02-14  8:38 ` Jean Delvare

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