From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Edit user manual for grammar Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:05:25 -0400 Message-ID: <20070612200525.GC2383@fieldses.org> References: <588192970706120518p201b52fdi9ed48896278b9f3e@mail.gmail.com> <200706121643.19837.andyparkins@gmail.com> <20070612175421.GA26767@fieldses.org> <200706122028.01310.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Andy Parkins X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jun 12 22:05:59 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HyCcM-0007pR-Ai for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:05:39 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753005AbXFLUF3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:05:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752597AbXFLUF3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:05:29 -0400 Received: from mail.fieldses.org ([66.93.2.214]:46942 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752991AbXFLUF2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:05:28 -0400 Received: from bfields by fieldses.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1HyCcJ-00022B-15; Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:05:27 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200706122028.01310.andyparkins@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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.