From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Dec 31 16:42:23 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA04751 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 16:42:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from hda.hda.com (ip32-max1-fitch.ziplink.net [199.232.245.32]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id QAA04746 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 16:42:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA20268; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 19:37:16 -0500 From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199701010037.TAA20268@hda.hda.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/doc/handbook ctm.sgml current.sgml cvsup.sgml dialup.sgml firewalls.sgml hw.sgml install.sgml isdn.sgml k In-Reply-To: <199612312154.NAA23951@freefall.freebsd.org> from Mike Pritchard at "Dec 31, 96 01:54:28 pm" To: mpp@freefall.freebsd.org (Mike Pritchard) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 19:37:15 -0500 (EST) Cc: chat@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > mpp 96/12/31 13:54:27 > > Modified: share/doc/handbook ctm.sgml current.sgml cvsup.sgml > dialup.sgml firewalls.sgml hw.sgml install.sgml > isdn.sgml kernelconfig.sgml kernelopts.sgml > linuxemu.sgml mail.sgml policies.sgml ports.sgml > printing.sgml scsi.sgml synching.sgml > Log: > Avoid the use of contractions. This eliminates the "its"/"it's" problems > pointed out by Rick Robinson. Found and fixed some grammar problems > at the same time. I'm not sure. I checked Strunk and White's "Elements of Style" (ISBN 0-02-418200-1) and nowhere do I see "Avoid the use of contractions". I do see "it's" versus "its" on page 1. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936