Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 09:36:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trivial Nit-Pick Of The Week. Message-ID: <199704131336.JAA14640@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199704131248.OAA01359@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> References: <8767xr9otz.fsf@originat.demon.co.uk> <199704131248.OAA01359@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>
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<<On Sun, 13 Apr 1997 14:48:18 +0200 (MET DST), Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> said: >> appropriately "deprecated". > Shouldn't it be "depreciated" ? > ^ No, it should not. The OED defines `deprecate' as ``To plead earnestly against; to express an earnest wish against (a proceeding); to express earnest disapproval of (a course, plan, purpose, etc.).'' By contrast, `depreciate' means ``To lower in value, lessen the value of.'' -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick
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