Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 11:06:05 +0530 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Chris Costello <chris@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 sysctl.conf.5 Message-ID: <20000117110605.C455@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200001162051.PAA16326@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu on Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 03:51:04PM -0500 References: <200001160515.VAA88306@freefall.freebsd.org> <200001162051.PAA16326@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Sunday, 16 January 2000 at 15:51:04 -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:15:49 -0800 (PST), Chris Costello <chris@FreeBSD.org> said: > >> Replace a conjunction "you're" with "you are". This makes >> reading by non-native English speakers a little bit easier, and >> follows some basic doc guidelines. > > Manual pages should not use the second person. You shouldn't make blanket statements without explanation. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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