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Date:      Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:34:32 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
Cc:        Jisakiel <jisakiel@yahoo.es>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Small typo in /usr/share/examples/make.conf
Message-ID:  <20051024083432.GH39882@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20051024120821.B67591@mp2.macomnet.net>
References:  <20051023190528.78454.qmail@web26809.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <20051023233759.B22848@mp2.macomnet.net> <20051024075826.GB1093@galgenberg.net> <20051024120821.B67591@mp2.macomnet.net>

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On Mon, 2005-Oct-24 12:11:21 +0400, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, 09:58+0200, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote:
>> -#	Sets the default ruleset of dir to ruleset. The ruleset arguement
>> +#	Sets the default ruleset of dir to ruleset. The ruleset argument
>>  #	must be a ruleset name as specified in devfs.rules(5) file.
>>  #	Returns non-zero if it could not set it successfully.
>>  #
>
>Being non-native speaker I am not sure this is a error.  There are
>about a dozen "arguement"s in our src tree and google gives 2.8
>millions.

Being a native speaker, I can guarantee that "argument" is the correct
spelling.  My Concise Macquarie (Australian) dictionary doesn't even
list "arguement" as a valid alternate spelling.  Don't rely on google
for accurate spelling.

-- 
Peter Jeremy



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