[patch] times.2: spfix

[patch] times.2: spfix

[NeilBrown]

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"passed" is a verb (in past tense), but the verb in this sentence (or clause,
as "occur" is also a verb in a different clause of the sentence) is "wraps".
"past" is, among other things, a preposition and it tells the position, with
respect to the object ("the maximum value"), where the verb (wrapping)
happens.

So "past" is correct, not "passed".


diff --git a/man2/times.2 b/man2/times.2
index e605feb6aae2..8d68efc4358c 100644
--- a/man2/times.2
+++ b/man2/times.2
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ A limitation of the Linux system call conventions on some architectures
 (41 seconds) soon after boot when
 .BR times ()
 can return \-1, falsely indicating that an error occurred.
-The same problem can occur when the return value wraps passed
+The same problem can occur when the return value wraps past
 the maximum value that can be stored in
 .BR clock_t .
 .\" The problem is that a syscall return of -4095 to -1

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Re: [patch] times.2: spfix

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 06/12/2014 01:43 PM, NeilBrown wrote:
> 
> "passed" is a verb (in past tense), but the verb in this sentence (or clause,
> as "occur" is also a verb in a different clause of the sentence) is "wraps".
> "past" is, among other things, a preposition and it tells the position, with
> respect to the object ("the maximum value"), where the verb (wrapping)
> happens.
> 
> So "past" is correct, not "passed".

Quite! Thanks for the patch, Neil. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael



> diff --git a/man2/times.2 b/man2/times.2
> index e605feb6aae2..8d68efc4358c 100644
> --- a/man2/times.2
> +++ b/man2/times.2
> @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ A limitation of the Linux system call conventions on some architectures
>  (41 seconds) soon after boot when
>  .BR times ()
>  can return \-1, falsely indicating that an error occurred.
> -The same problem can occur when the return value wraps passed
> +The same problem can occur when the return value wraps past
>  the maximum value that can be stored in
>  .BR clock_t .
>  .\" The problem is that a syscall return of -4095 to -1
> 


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