From owner-cvs-all Sat Dec 29 16:30:40 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from holly.dyndns.org (adsl-208-191-149-232.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net [208.191.149.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3850D37B417; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 16:30:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.11.6/8.9.3) id fBU0VQ326225; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:31:26 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from chris) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:31:24 -0600 From: Chris Costello To: Greg Lehey Cc: Bruce Evans , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_bus.c Message-ID: <20011229183123.C11310@holly.calldei.com> Reply-To: chris@FreeBSD.org References: <200112281832.fBSIWDD28247@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011230100519.L90696@monorchid.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011230100519.L90696@monorchid.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 10:05:19AM +1030 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, December 30, 2001, Greg Lehey wrote: > Specifically, > > - printf("%s-: %s%d already exists, skipping it\n", > + printf("%s: %s%d already exists; skipping it\n", > > This looks funny to me. What's the basis for the semicolon? I've > checked the Commonwealth Style Manual and the Chicago Manual of Style > and can't find any basis in either book. It's still bad English (no subject in the second phrase), but it's closer to being correct. A semicolon is used to separate a second, related sentence from the first, while keeping it in the same sentence. Seems like the best way to put it is that it takes the place of a conjunction. -- +-------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Chris Costello | I/O, I/O, it's off to work we go... | | chris@FreeBSD.org | | +-------------------+--------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message