Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 19:37:15 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> To: mpp@freefall.freebsd.org (Mike Pritchard) Cc: chat@freebsd.org 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 Message-ID: <199701010037.TAA20268@hda.hda.com> In-Reply-To: <199612312154.NAA23951@freefall.freebsd.org> from Mike Pritchard at "Dec 31, 96 01:54:28 pm"
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> 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
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