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From: Aron Griffis <aron@hp.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2 of 4] Spelling/punctuation fixes
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:52:44 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071213235243.GA18981@fc.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <049467433cda01769d2f.1197472069@jenkins.nashua>

Peter Chubb wrote:  [Thu Dec 13 2007, 06:30:27PM EST]
> Some comments:
> 	-- `i.e.' should usually be followed by a comma.  Read it as
> 	    `that is' and see if the resulting sentence makes sense
> 	    without a comma.

Seems to be a matter of debate:
http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/g58.html

> 	-- Look for the PAL_CODE.... and map it using...
> 		                            ^
> 	   may be a nicer fix.

I'll read it over.  Your suggestion is probably best.

> But it's mostly cosmetic anyway.

Mostly?  :-)

I'll likely just leave out that change.  The comma doesn't offend my
sensibilties.  I noticed it in passing and wasn't aware that "i.e."
and "e.g." are sometimes followed by a comma.

Thanks,
Aron

      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-12-13 23:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-12 15:07 [PATCH 2 of 4] Spelling/punctuation fixes Aron Griffis
2007-12-12 15:43 ` Aron Griffis
2007-12-13 23:30 ` Peter Chubb
2007-12-13 23:52 ` Aron Griffis [this message]

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