From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Uri Okrent Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix overridable written with an extra 'e' Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:58:26 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20090828121849.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> <20090828034305.GQ4297@inocybe.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Aug 30 20:00:20 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MhohQ-0007cV-2C for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:00:20 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753804AbZH3SAF (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:00:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753641AbZH3SAF (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:00:05 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:47159 "EHLO lo.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753514AbZH3SAD (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:00:03 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MhohA-0007a9-5o for git@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:00:04 +0200 Received: from cpe-76-90-28-9.socal.res.rr.com ([76.90.28.9]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:00:04 +0200 Received: from uokrent by cpe-76-90-28-9.socal.res.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:00:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 76.90.28.9 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Todd Zullinger pobox.com> writes: > > Nanako Shiraishi wrote: > > Found during the lunch break by one of my students... > > Is overridable a word itself? While English is my native language, I > wouldn't call myself an expert on its proper usage. ;) No, it's not a word =). But of the two non-words, overridable is probably preferred. > > However, I can't find 'overridable' in several online dictionaries: > > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/overridable > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overridable > http://www.google.com/dictionary?aq=f&langpair=en|en&q=overridable&hl=en > http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?searchword=overridable&x=0&y=0 > > Perhaps using overridden would be more accurate? It would be more correct, but also slightly more verbose. Still, as a grammar nazi, my two cents says it raises git's esteem if the language in the docs is proper English. Uri