Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:02:28 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: FreeBSD-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where did we lurn to spel? Message-ID: <201604301502.u3UF2Sow058936@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Thu, 28 Apr 2016 16:38:00 -0600." <alpine.BSF.2.20.1604281617050.82220@wonkity.com>
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Warren Block wrote: > > accept in comments. How about dont vs don't ? > > The old "be generous in what you accept and strict in what you produce" > saying can apply. The code is what we produce, and comments should be > as good as we can make them. "Thru" is difficult to justify. "Dont" > and "cant" could be from trying to avoid an apostrophe. Just spelling > out the words instead of using the contraction solves the problem. Single apostrophes are best avoided, noisey when hunting unmatched brackets or quotes with eg my http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/jhs/bin/public/brackets/ Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.eu/jhs/ Mail plain text, No quoted-printable, HTML, base64, MS.doc. Prefix old lines '> ' Reply below old, like play script. Break lines by 80. Let Brits in EU vote on Brexit https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/112142 Lie to companies extorting personal data: Prevent abuse, loss & ID theft.
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