From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean Delvare Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:41:30 +0000 Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH 4/6] Read extra configuration files from Message-Id: <20090213184130.2faecaf0@hyperion.delvare> List-Id: References: <20090211175008.0f843712@hyperion.delvare> In-Reply-To: <20090211175008.0f843712@hyperion.delvare> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lm-sensors@vger.kernel.org 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 _______________________________________________ lm-sensors mailing list lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org http://lists.lm-sensors.org/mailman/listinfo/lm-sensors