Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:48:52 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD FS <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> Subject: Re: request for review of exports.5 update Message-ID: <4E1C9714.6090507@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20110712202759.H1311@besplex.bde.org> References: <10589627.445480.1310418556785.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1107111939390.6818@multics.mit.edu> <20110712202759.H1311@besplex.bde.org>
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On 07/12/2011 03:50, Bruce Evans wrote: > Also, there is a rule against contractions (e.g., "it's"), so there > is presumably a rule against nonstandard abbreviations (e.g., "w.r.t."). Yes to both, the reason being that we want to make life as easy as possible for non-native English readers (and maybe someday even translators). Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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