From: jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws>
To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PATCH: dpt_i2o memory leak comments
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:12:02 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030401231202.GC4078@pegasys.ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1049232414.20250.17.camel@laptop-linux.cunninghams>
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 09:26:54AM +1200, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 09:26, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> > Loose means that something is rattling around, not connected, or
> > not tied down. Lose is what happens on the Crap Tables (as above).
>
> Is it clearer to say: Loose is a state, lose is a verb?
No, because loose is also a verb meaning to make loose or
remove restraints. English is such a fun language.
To lose something implies the loss is unintended, either
real or pretense. Unless the loss is unintentional you
really shouldn't be using the word "lose". If it is
unintentional it should probably be past tense (lost).
At this point I cannot be sure of the context here but what
is probably meant would be clearer if we used the word
"discard".
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2003-04-01 13:15 ` [PATCH] PATCH: dpt_i2o memory leak comments Randy.Dunlap
2003-04-01 21:26 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-04-01 21:26 ` Nigel Cunningham
2003-04-01 23:12 ` jw schultz [this message]
2003-04-02 11:32 ` Alan Cox
2003-04-02 10:11 ` Jörn Engel
2003-04-02 11:58 ` Alan Cox
2003-06-11 14:01 scott
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2003-06-11 19:48 scott
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