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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