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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: "David Prévot" <taffit-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] man-pages.7: pfix
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:11:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52EA0941.1080407@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1391011963-10011-1-git-send-email-taffit-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>

Applied.

Thanks,

Michael


On 01/29/2014 05:12 PM, David Prévot wrote:
> ---
>  man7/man-pages.7 | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7
> index 5430297..214ba7d 100644
> --- a/man7/man-pages.7
> +++ b/man7/man-pages.7
> @@ -568,9 +568,9 @@ please write all new pages and patches according to these conventions.
>  Aside from the well-known spelling differences,
>  there are a few other subtleties to watch for:
>  .IP * 3
> -American English tends to use the forms "backward" "upward", 'toward",
> +American English tends to use the forms "backward", "upward", "toward",
>  and so on
> -rather than the British forms "backwards", upwards", "towards", and so on.
> +rather than the British forms "backwards", "upwards", "towards", and so on.
>  .SS BSD version numbers
>  The classical scheme for writing BSD version numbers is
>  .IR x.yBSD ,
> 


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Michael Kerrisk
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-01-30  8:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-27 22:53 [PATCH 1/2] man-pages.7: pfix David Prévot
     [not found] ` <1390863188-8704-1-git-send-email-taffit-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-27 22:53   ` [PATCH 2/2] proc.5: American spelling David Prévot
     [not found]     ` <1390863188-8704-2-git-send-email-taffit-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-29 10:07       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2014-01-29 10:06   ` [PATCH 1/2] man-pages.7: pfix Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2014-01-29 16:12   ` [PATCH] " David Prévot
     [not found]     ` <1391011963-10011-1-git-send-email-taffit-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-01-30  8:11       ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]

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