Re: [PATCH] Edit user manual for grammar

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 08:27:59PM +0100, Andy Parkins wrote:
> It's certainly common, I don't think that it's correct though.

In cases like this some seem to think it's actually required:

	"Use a hyphen to connect two or more words functioning together
	as an adjective before a noun."

(From p. 234 of "A Writer's Reference", 3rd ed., Diana Hacker--just what
I happen to have on my shelf.) I suppose it's there to help find the
modified noun when you're constructing modifiers out of multiple words
that aren't necessarily adjectives.

But whatever, I've no real objection to the patch.

> Please don't take "vulgar" to mean disgusting, I meant "common".  Sorry 
> if that was offensive.

Nah, just curious.  "For" seems a little more precise in this case, so
fair enough.

> > What we really need is a complete recovery tutorial to stick in here
> > someplace.  (One day git complains about a corrupt pack file.  What
> > do you do?)  What's been stopping me from doing it, besides time, is
> > no idea how to come up with a good example to work with.
> 
> A big magnet on your hard disk? ;-)

Hah.  OK, next suggestion....

--b.