Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 06:50:18 -0700 (PDT) From: fox@vader.aacc.cc.md.us To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/66292: [patch] ahc.4 tyops an grammar fixes Message-ID: <200405071350.i47DoIUB058657@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/66292; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: fox@vader.aacc.cc.md.us
To: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/66292: [patch] ahc.4 tyops an grammar fixes
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 09:41:52 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 7 May 2004, Christian Brueffer wrote:
> On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 10:31:13AM -0700, Michel Lavondès wrote:
> >
> > ("straight forward" should be "straightforward" in ahc.4)
>
> According to the Oxford English dictionary, the original spelling
> (straight forward) is correct. See point 3 of the link below.
>
> http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00238799?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=straightforward&edition=2e&first=1&max_to_show=10
Sorry, can't access that without coughing up $300, so it's not gonna
happen. :-) But M-W doesn't mention that spelling or recognizes it when
offered. See:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=straightforward
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=straight+forward
But I don't want to turn this into a dictionary or language flame, so I'll
let you decide. (like I have a choice anyway. :-) )
--
"I'd ask if you'd found the right sort of isolated wasteland for your
citadel of dread yet, but that would be a silly question; you're in Utah,
after all." --ESR to Darl McBride (Chief Excessive Ossifier of Squandered
Clues Obstination), in http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/mcbride.html
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